BUTTER AND CHEESE.
GRADING RETURNS FOR FEBRUARY. • Wellington, March 7. The figures of the dairy division of the Agricultural Department show that salted butter graded -for February, 1923, was 140,593 cwt. and unsalted 10,341 cwt, compared with a total of 103,790 cwt for February last year, au increase of 45.42 per cent. For the seven months ended February, 1923, the respective quantities were 982,454 cwt and 66,042 cwt. compared with a total of 737,781 cwt, an increase of 42.11 per cent. The cheese graded for February, 1923, comprised white, 110,468 cwt and coloured, 59*,252 cwt, compared with a total of 176,457 cwt. for February 1922 a decrease of 3.76 per cent. The totals for the seven months ended February, 1923, were white 536,555 cwt and coloured 298,175 cwt, compared with 892,915 cwt, a decrease of 6.51 per cent. Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent there is an increase of 24.68 per cent in butter-fat production for the seven months as compared with the corresponding period for 1921-22.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5
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