BUTTER AND CHEESE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 8

BUTTER AND CHEESE

(A REDUCED dUTPUiy.

'■ '■' " "' ~~ '" "■■l'■ -' : Mr. ..W.M.-.Singleton, Dairy .dommissipner, reports that the, salted butter grad-. Ed for March;, 1924, was 5552. tons, 'and the unsalted .174 toria, a total 0f'5726 tons, compared; with 6623'•• tons salted and 459 tons' a; total of. 7082 ions, for March; of last year, Qr a decrease of. 19.1 If- ■'<£ n\'6of°\£ he ci Sht ra°nths ended Alarch, 1924,. the respective quantities wero 48,187 .'tons and'3l79 t6ns, a total of ol,tt>o tons,'compared with 55,746 tons and 3761 tons, a total 0f.59,507 tons, a decrease of .13.6 per 'cent.. . v . . •'...'. The. cheese -graded" for March, 1924, comprised: White 4803 tons, coloured 2661 tons; a total of 7464;lton 8 ; compared with 5239 tons, white, and 3124 tons coloured, ,a. total.of 8363 tons; a decrease of 10 7 -per cent.. The quantities for the eight ?l°. n, t, hf ending. March, 1924, were, white r;i?. nsl :°ol<Hircd 22,944 tons, a 'toUl ot fcO ; 4O8 tdns, compared with 32,066 tons ™^ and 18,033 tone coloured; a total 0f'50,099 -tons, an increase of 20.5 per cent. . ■ - • • -.-■-. . . ■

Cbnverting these figures into1 batter-fat equivalent there is a! decrease of 4.1 per c? n'- ■ ln /butter-fat production .for the eight months, as. compared with the corresponding period of 1922-23.. -■' Slocks nekl in the grading, ports at 31st cheese 4979 : lone. , ■-.;■."•'.!...■