GREAT DAIRY YIELD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20561, 12 May 1930, Page 13

GREAT DAIRY YIELD.

'A FAVOURABLE POSITION

HIGHER AUCKLAND OUTPUT

LOWER PRICES OFFSET.

LARGE CASH MARGIN EXPECTED

An increase of 17.44 per cent, in Auckland's butter-fat production during the ♦en months of tho season which ended on April 30, removes the sting from an expected dee lino of 10.45 per cent, in the average value of butter-fat. Tho season's output to April 30, calculated on tho basis of an' anticipated average payout .of Is 3d per lb. butler fat, will give the province a ret in n of ,117.619,000. Last season the, average of tho payout was i s 4- I d, and at this figure the. production ov er the same period returned £7,245.000. This feav'Mi, therefore, in spito of the lower range of values, Auckland's dairy farmers shoirld bo £374,000 to tho good. In this respect, the province is in a mora favourable position than the Dominion as a whole, which has a production increase of 11.35 per cent, to meet the decline of 10.45 per cent, in averago of the payouts.

Tho latest statistics of production in tho province show that the usual seasonal decline set in during April. Tho yield was 9,927.0001b. of butter-fat, a drop of over 2,000,0001b. on that of March. Compared with the previous April, however, last month's output was nearly 3,000,0001b. or 41.74 per cent, greater. Increases were shown in production both for butter and cheese, the butter figures for last month being 8,715,0001b., compared with 6,173,0001b., and the cheese figures 1,212,00016. against 824,0001b.

The following table shows the details of tha production of butter and cheese in the Auckland Province in terms of pounds of butter-fat- for tho first ten months of the current dairying year, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding leason

1929-30 1925-29. July rm its 1,303,000 3,420,000 August ..i r.v 4,132,000 4,305,000 September ( .-» 8.696,000 7.995,000 October r.-.: J0,310.000 12.356,000 November " r.v 18,229.000 15,800,000 December r.v 19,45-1,000 16.452,000 January r.v 37,721.000 16,625,000 February r.v 14,814,000 31,537,000 March r.-=i " r.v 1-2,319,000 10,221.000 April kj f.K 9,927,000 7.002,000 Totals rr- 121.910,000 .103,803,000

. Figures relating to the quantities of fcutter and cheeso in store at the end of April emphasise tho pressure that has feeen pat on cold storage space. 'On April ISO, the Auckland grading stores ield 93,377cwft. of butter and 58,350cwt. 6f cheese, compared with 49,787cwt. butter and 21,654cwt. of cheese on April 30 last yes,r.