DAIRY INDUSTRY
EFFECT OF DROUGHT Palmerston North, February 16. The exceptionally dry spell this year, by commencing much earlier than in previous years, has had a detrimental effect upon the milk returns in Manawatu for the month of January, and as a consequence the outputs of the various factories will be considerably lower than under quite normal conditions. The factories are not all affected to the'same extent, some being much better off than those situated in districts where the drought was greater than in otlier districts. Recent advice from London quotes salted butter at 1645., with a comparatively slow market. The following advances against supplies received for January have been made b.v the factories in the Manawatu, the advance per lb. butter-fat being stated in some instances and the gross payment made to suppliers in others:—Newbury (cheese), Is. 5d.; Shannon (butter), Is. 3|d.; Awahuri (butter), Is. 3d.; Palmerston (butter), Is. 3d. Gross payments: N.Z.F.D.U. (butter), £9487 16s. dd • Tui, Glen Oroua (cheese), £1900; Tiakitahuna (cheese), £980; ManawatuReliance (cheese), £l5OO.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 120, 18 February 1928, Page 8
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169DAIRY INDUSTRY Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 120, 18 February 1928, Page 8
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