BUTTER-FAT PAYOUTS FOR DECEMBER

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2346, 16 January 1926, Page 9

BUTTER-FAT PAYOUTS FOR DECEMBER

Fairly Satisfactory Returns for Dairyma 1 . MANGAWHATA MAKES CHEESE RECORD \ 4.$ December proved » fairly satisfactory month for dalry-farmem In Use Manawaiu and surrounding districts. The supply to aboot . the last week In the month kepi up better than was expected, and the decrease when compared with the previous month was very slight in most cases. On the other hand, it appear) that the butterfat test is slightly bedew the previous year although th| difference is not very great. Nearly all factory secretaries and manager) are unanimous though that the dro]

since the commencement of the pr» sent month has been much more pr<» nounced, apd a special feature seem to be the suddenness with which thl drop set in. Neither does It appeal as if the welcome rain of the las week or so was able to Improve thi position very much, although it,.i generally admitted that It checker the drop for the time being. It t generally recognised that neither fee< nor the most favourable climatic con ditions wiil increase the Indlvldua pi eduction of dairy cows this time 0 the season, although it is possible ti hold them and prolong the lactatW period. Good. Pay-Outs.

Considering} the unsettled state <N the markets, tho pay-outs of the factories throughout the surrounding dl*< trlcts must be considered highly satisfactory.: Needless to say, choea* factories are in a position to mak* much higher advances than buttw factories, owing mainly to the fact that nearly the whole of the chees* manufactured in this district had bee* sold up to the end of December at very satisfactory prices.' The- Mangawhata Co-operative Dairy Company for Instance, Is .In the happy position ot paying a 3d bonus to its suppliers on all cheese manufactured up to the end of December, making the total pay* I out for the season 1/9 per lb., but}I terfat —probably a record for the Do* minion} . ; Forward buyers have been extreme*l ly busy during the last couple of 1 weeks offering up to 1/5 for butter, and BJd for cheese. We learn that two or three factories have done bus!* ness at these figures while quite « number have declined: 1/6 for butter and 9d for cheese appear to b* the popular prices with most factor* les-and .lt is quite possible that thesg figures may be- reached before long) Improved Grading. The quality of the butter and cheesd manufactured In this district ,is verg satisfactory this season, and the grad--ing Is supposed to be slightly above last year. Speaking to the secreiav* of a dairy company which has beefi grading 94 points consistently, bid: opinion was that, most of the credit, was due to the excellent work'don*, by the Government Dairy Instruct, tors. Ho said that the service andf work done by these men was being more and more appreciated by botg suppliers and the factory management, and' that the cost was trinmg when compared with the great advan- ' tagea. Under this system, the salary of the Inspector and the expense* , connected with his work are shared., by the Government and tho factories One Inspector as a rule Is engaged vt : three or four factories, and In thl*>. particular Instance, the Secretary stat- : ed that the cost to his factory wag? approximately if- per ton of but?;;,terfat. Advances' for December. The advances for the following factories for December’s output ar*;, as follows: —

Ashhurst i. Butter s d Cheese s d 1 6 Awahuri ..18 Balnessa .. • , — 1 8 -sg Cheltenham ..13 Levin ..14 MakowhaL .. . . 1 8 Mangawhata k(bonus Sd) 1 6 - Kairanga .. 14 i 7 m Rlverbank .. ..16 1 8 Shannon ..14 » .t-JH Tokomaru .. . . 1 8| Whakarongo ..17 1 8 I