BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 August 1925, Page 5

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

GRADING FOR JULY

The figures of the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture show that the salted butter graded for July, 1925, was 345 tons, and the unsalted 10 tons, a total of 355 tons, compared with 578 tons salted and 20 tons unsalted, a total of 598 tons for July oi fast year; a decrease of 40.6 per cent. For the twelve months ended July, 1925, the respective quantities were 65,634 tons and 4582 tons a total of 70,216 tons, compared with o»,-P/ tons and 3484 tons, a total of 61,81 tons for the corresponding period ot the ureceding season, an increase <>* 13.6 per cent. The cheese graded for July, comprised: —White 78 tons, colouied 106 tons, a. total of 184 tons, compared with 50 tons white an 87 tons coloured, a total of 137 tons for July, 1924, an increase of 34.3 per cent, The quantities for the twelve months ended Jrdv, 1925 were: White 45,990 tons, coloured 24,003 tons, a total of 69,99.. tons, comuared with 45,374 tons white and 28,575 tons coloured, a total ot 73 947 tons for the corresponding period of the preceding season, a decrease of 5.2 per cent. Converting these figures into buttei "at equivalent there is an increase ot 6.8 oer cent, in butter-fat production for the twelve months as compared with the corresponding period ot the b€ Stocks held in the various grading ports at Julv 31st, 1925, were: Butter, 1206 tons; cheese, 284' tons.