DOMINION’S DAIRY OUTPUT

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3479, 13 December 1926, Page 14

DOMINION’S DAIRY OUTPUT

FIGURES FOR FOUR MONTHS,

INCREASE OF 7.6 PER CENT.

The figures of the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture show that the salted butter graded for November was 9925 tons, and the unsalted 326 tons, a total of 10,251 tons, compared with 8801 tons salted and 436 tons unsalted, a total of 9237 tons for November of last year; an increase of 10.9 per cent. For the four months ended November, 1926, the respective quantities were 23,545 tons and 441 tons, a total of 23,986 tons, compared with 20.678 tons and 1146 tons, a total of 21,824 ton s for the corresponding period of the preceding season, an increase of 9,9 per cent. The cheese graded for November, 1926, comprised; Whito 7079 tons, coloured 3576 tons, a total of 10,655 tons, compared with 6246 tons white and 3478 tons coloured, a total of 9724 tons for November, 1925, an increase of 9.5 per cent. The quantities four months, ended November, 1926, wore: White, 1,4065 tons, coloured 6899 tons, a total ot 20,964 tons, compared with 13,334 tons white and 7157 tons coloured, a total Of 20,491 tons for the corresponding period of tho preceding season, an increase of 2.3 per cent.

Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent, there is an increase o* 7.6 per cent in butter-fat production for the. four months, as compared with the corresponding period of tho 1925-26 season.

Stocks held in the various grading porta at November 30, 1926, were: Butter, 6912 tons; cheese, 6040 tons; as compared with 4384 tons butter and 7014 tons cheese held on November 30, 1925.