AUCKLAND BUTTER EXPORT

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 138, 7 March 1930, Page 12

AUCKLAND BUTTER EXPORT

LARGE INCREASE IN GRADING

Dominion iv i ''“•'jvicf Auckland, March 6.

An increase of a quarter of a million boxes of creamery butter graded in Auckland in the seven months of the dairying season to the end of February compared with the corresponding period of last season was reported by Mr. E. C. Wood, chief Government dairy produce grader,at a conference of Auckland Province dairy factory managers. The cheese figures are approximately the same as for last season. Mr. Wood said that the general quality of butter had been fairly uniform, and while there had not been many exceptionally high scoring butters, the proportion of “finest” spread over the period was about 3 per cent, better than last season’s gradings. The average grade points were approximately the same as for last season. Owing to the prolific growth experienced in the province feed or district flavour had been noticeable for a considerably longer period than usual. As far as cheese was concerned, the quality had,not been as satisfactory or uniform as that of butter, he said. Early in the season the principal defect had been loose and open texture, but the body and flavour had been fairly satisfactory. More recently there had been a greater proportion of faulty cheese, .