GOOD DAIRYING SEASON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18950, 23 February 1925, Page 14

GOOD DAIRYING SEASON.

INCREASE SN RETURNS, , 1 KING COUNTRY AND THAMES. [BY TELEG RAI'H. —OWN C' Oil RE SP ON I> EN T. ] TE KUITI. Saturday. The largely increased productivity of dairying in the King Country this season is clearly demonstrated by the outputs of the different factories. The I'iopio Co-operative Dairy Company has made 53 tons of butter during the month, an increase of ten tons over the same period last year/and the total output for this season has been 242 tons, an increase of 50 tons. At tho Aria Co-operative Dairy Company's factory 43 tons of butter were mado in Ji.nuary. The total output for the season has been 183 tons, an increase of 22 tons over the same period last year. Tho New Zealand Co-operative Dairy company's factory at Otorohanga turned out 164 tons in January, against 136 tons in | January 1924, and the total output to • this period this year waa 870 tons, comI pared with 680, an increase of 190 tons. | The total increases of the three factories I over last season is 262 tons, and the total 1 output 1295 tons. Even with butter at I 160s this represents £207,200 earned by the three factories, to January 31. MORRINSVILLE. Saturday. Copious rains at frequent intervals have made a good deal of difference to the output of the various factories throughout Thames Valley. One factory manager says it is the best season he has known in the Waikato for the past sixteen years. In every direction there is plenty of feed and the cows are milking for a much longer period than for several seasons. At Patetonga the dairy farmers havehad an exceptionally good season. Although the quantity of cream received daily at the receiving depot is about 20001b. less than at the top of the flush, it still exceeds tho maximum for the previous season, and in common with the rest of the Plains tho quality is very good. To copo with its increase the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company is increasing tho size of the depot. As a sufficient number of cows have been guaranteed for next season, herd-testing will be carried out in the district.