N.S. WALES MILK YIELD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 13

N.S. WALES MILK YIELD.

OFFICIAL STATISTICS. The New South Wales Government Statistician points out that, "in the absence of information concerning the total number of cows milked and the periods for which they were milked during the year, it is not possible to ascertain definitely the average quantity of milk produced per dairy cow-; but.-for an assumed .lactation period of 260 days, the yield per cow in registered dairies during the year 1921-22 was, on the average, 368 gallons, equivalent to about 1681b. of commercial butter, or Isolbs. butterfat." The average quantity of , milk required /«■"»? <*? year to produce lllb. of butter is given as 2.18 gallons in the . case of butter made in factories, and A. 8' gallons for butter made on farms, i or a general average of 2.22 gallons per lb. _of butter, which is the lowest rate of which there is record, the highest being 2.65 in 1905-1906. Of the total production of 285,271,000 gallons of milk m New South Wales in 1921-22, 78 per cent, was used for making butter, 3 per cent, for cheese, about 1 per cent, for condensed milk, and the balance was consumed as fresh milk or. eweei cuwo, o? used, p&es&jsft, '