DAIRY PRODUCE

Northern Advocate, 19 May 1934, Page 8

DAIRY PRODUCE

HIGHER ’ PRICES MAINTAINED. (Special to “Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. Messrs A. H. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., have received a cable from Mossrs W. Weddel and Co., Ltd., dated London, May IS, reading as follows: —Danish butter, 80/ to. 88/; New Zealand, salted, 77/ to 78/; Austra-, lian, 74/ to 75/. Market firm. Cheese; New Zealand, white, 44/0 to 4;>/; coloured, 44/ to 44/0.

The New Zealand Producers’ Co-op. Marketing Association, Ltd., have received a cable from London, dated May IS, reading as follows; —Butter firm, cheese steady. Butter: New Zealand, 77/ to 78/; Danish) 87/ to SS/. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 44/6 to 45/; coloured, 44/ to 44/(1.

Messrs Allan and Findlay, from Messrs Armour and Co., Ltd., London. —Butter: Firm. New Zealand salted, 74/ to 75/ per cwl; unsalted, 70/ to 77/; Danish, 85/; Australian, 72/ to 73/. Cheese: Firm. New Zealand white, 44/ to 45/; coloured, 44/. Mr H. S’. Withers, from Messrs A. C. Rowsoh. Cheese; New’ Zealand white, 45/; coloured, 44/0. Market firm. Butter: First grade, 77/; finest, 78/. Market firm. SECONDARY INDUSTRIES COMPARISON WITH DAIRYING. EMPLOYEES AND VALUE. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) DUNEDIN, This Day. In an address to the Rotary Club, Mr A. E. Mander, secretary of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federtion, said that many people would be surprised to learn that almost exactly the same number of persons were engaged in the manufacturing industries as in dairying. “There were 40,800 males and 10,700 females engaged in dairy farming—that is both .farmers -and workers, including members of farmers’ own families,” said Mr Mandcr. “Add another 8000 for the dairying portion of those oiigaged partly in dairying and partly in cattle raising and you’ll have a total ' of nearly 00,000 directly engaged in the dairy farming industry. In the same year there were just over 66,000 persons .engaged in the manufacturing industry.

* ‘ The value of exports of butter and cheese for 1032 was approximately £20,2d0,000. In the same year wo produced manufactured goods worth £3.1,7.10,000. Even deducting the cost of raw material, the added , value alone was nearly £25,000,000, which itself was greater than the value of the whole of the produce of the dairy farms and dairy factories of the Do-

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DRY SEASON.

DROP IN PAYOUT,

EXPERIENCE OF /HTKURANGI.

The dry season has had a marked influence upon production at the Hikurangi dairy factory, with a’ consequent heavy drop in pay-out to suppliers. Paying 7M for first grade, with Id premium for superfine, the company distributed £6321 for cream supplied in April. Eor the corresponding month last year, when, advances were at the same level, £9003 was absorbed, so that the disbursements this month fell off by £2683.