FARM TOPICS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 234, 1 July 1939, Page 4 (Supplement)

FARM TOPICS

A Dairy Pay-out

A North Auckland final payout is the first I have seen announced for the last season. The bonus, deferred iwiymeiit, as it is correctly termeil in this cpmpmi.v's statement, is 23-16 d. n lb. butterfat. This brings the full payout to 1/4 ami a minute frnclioii. which is 1.8:1. lb. more than that for the 1937-3 S season.

This factory’s costs, ex farm gate to ocean liner, were up only 1-Sd. lb. fat on the previous season. There was not serious lot’s of output, the decline being only 3} per cent, on a 1300-ton output. This compares with a Bay of Plenty factory which lost 43u tons or 15} per cent, output; from *B5O tons the previous season, because of the dry autumn. Here the lowered produc-

tion would make for dearer manufacturing charges and higher overhead costs. Suppliers will now be inquiring into local factory prospective payouts. Some Manawatu factories may reach 2:|d„ but reduced outputs will be against the best of returns. Also, it seems that the North Auckland factory quoted paid out in advances 1/3 13-16 d. lb. Pigs Come First-class. Three pedigree pigs, landed recently in the Dominion from England, cost their consignees £9O apiece in shipping charges. That about equals a first-class fare for a human passenger. Sheep imported run from £7O to £9O a head, depending upon the number in the shipment. Cattle cost even more. Important Friesian Dispersal. On Monday next at Rongotea, the Glen Iris Friesian Stud of Mr. R. R. Pearson will be finally dispersed, with an offering of 44 head. Last winter, with an offering of more than 100 head, thi« noted stud was largely dispersed. In company with numbers of other dairy breeders, Mr. Pearson has found the present times difficult for carrying on a stud herd, because of the dearth of skilled, competent labour available. Where pedigree cows formerly grazed, the laud will now be devoted to fat-lamb breeding.