DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 May 1925, Page 4

DAIRY INDUSTRY.

IN SOUTH TARANAKI

A GOOD SEASON

SAT! SKA CTO itV BA Y-O ITT.

Some details of the conditions ruling during U.e season and me pie,sent., conditions and prospects for the year have been kindly supp led to tne Star by tbe secretaries ol tne largest companies in South Taranaki. Though in some cases there lias been a slight decrease in supply, and in the past month it has shown a very decided drop, the prospects are that for the whole season tne figures will be satisfactory. The abnormal autumn of last season, said Mr Duncan, secretary of th© Hawera Dairy Factory, was in marked contrast to the ordinary conditions experienced this year for the same months. The consequence was that the decided increase in supply, up to 10 per cent., shown in the figures up to December last was thereby altered to one of just over 5 per cent, by the end of April. During the last month the figures came tumbling down as compared with 1924. The- abnormal autumn of that year caused the supply to hold up well throughout, contrary to the usual experience. He empahsises that it has been a good yielding year j and the pay-out over all will he very satisfactory. For April Havvera will pay out Is 3d and a bonus of 2d on the period up to Alarch. A large amount—over be. the total, paid out by the company on Alay 20. “It has been a good yielding year;.” said the secretary of" the KaupoKonui factory (Air A. AI. Hannah), “better than last year, and the whole season will prove very good, even after allowing for the very decided. drop: in supplies after Alarch. Taken on the aggregate, pur supplies are a little below last year. For April the pay-out will he Is 3d, with a bonqs of 2d over the first six months. It is probable the pay-out all over the season will approximate Is 7d.” The total figures for the Joll. Company up to the end of Alay, the secretary (Air A. Lees) advises, are nearly 8 per cent, better than last year, and this despite a falling off of 13 per cent, for April as compared with the same month of last year. "The pay-out for April will be Is 3d, and provided, as seems likely', cheese does not fall below 90s, the pay-out for the season will be about Is 6d. Air Lees said it had been a good vielding year, a better year than last. , - -

Riverclale, from figures kindly supplied by the secretary (Air Spooner), shows an increase from 684,070 lbs fat last year to 729,953 lbs this year, about 6 per cent, for the season. Air Spooner adds: “It has been an abnormal year in many respects. For the first two months of 1925 there was a big increase, February, 12 per cent., bnt March showed the influence of the season, by recording a drop of 3 per cent., and April a’so showed a very considerable drop in total supply. But,” reports Air Spooner, “despite that, the year will pan out well, and we confidently expect a very good pay-out over the whole season.” Biverdaie, it may he added, sold the whoV of its first six months’ output, and this proved very profitable business. ' ‘