DAIRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22165, 19 July 1935, Page 7

DAIRY INDUSTRY

FAR NORTH RECORDS

KAITAIA'S LARGER OUTPUT

PROGRESS OF ORURU-FAIRBURN

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

KAITAIA, Thursday

The output of the Kaitaia Co-opera-tive Dairy Company last season constituted a record. 1892 tons being manufactured, an increase of 196 tons over the previous season, and 174 tons more than the previous record of 1933. The total payment to suppliers is £28,(507 in excess of that paid out last season, and equals 9.65 d per butter-fat average over all grades. This output is one of the highest paid by any factory in the North. The average realisation per lb. butter was 9.44 d. The number of suppliers was 644, an increase of 10 over last season. The cost of manufacture shows a slight increase, as does the cost of cream carting. The average grade of butter was 94.16, as against 93.75 last year. Of the cream received 81 per cent was graded as finest, as against 80.7 per cent last year. The directors recommend a further payment of £27,568 should be made to suppliers and £5Bl paid as 3 per cent dividend on the paid-up capital. A new production record was also established by the Oruru-Fairburn Dairy Company in the past season. The output was 452 tons, an. increase of 11 tons over the previous season. The greater portion of the company'* product was forwarded on consignment to England, and realised an average price of 8.76 d f.o.b. A small quantity was sold f.o.b. at 9.9 d and the butter sold on the local market also realised 9.9 d. It is anticipated that the pay-out 1 to suppliers for finest grade will be approximately 9£d, or an average net payment of B£d. During the year 69 per cent of cream received was graded' finest, as against 63 per cent last year. The number of suppliers has decreased hy 20, from 235 to 215. The cost of manufacture has been slightly reduced, but the cost of creani collection has risen slightly. Considering the difficulties and expenses the company had to .face in the building of a new factory and purchase of further plant, the financial position is satisfactory. At the annual meeting a motion '[rill be moved that a Maori representative should be appointed to the board of directors.

HIKURANOI DISTRIBUTION

£28,798 BEING PAID OUT

[by telegraph—OWN coebespondisnt]

WHANGAREI. Thursday

The Hikurangi Dairy Company, Limited, is making payments for June but-ter-fat on Saturday at the rate of ilOjd per lb. for superfine, and lOd for.first grade. These advances will absorb the sum of £2547. In addition the company is also making the following payments Deferred payments covering the year's supply, £25,773; dividend of 3£ per cent on shares, £478. This makes the total disbursements on the liOth, £28,798, as against £18,954 on the corresponding date last year, an increase I of £9844.

The deferred payments for the past season bring the net cash pavment for superfine to 9.423 d per lb. ; first grade, 9.10 d; and for second grade, 8.035 d. It is possible that when the final realisa- " tions are received there will be further payments covering JJlarch, April and May supplies.

EAST TAMAKI PAYMENTS BOOTS OF £24,480 FOR SEASON A payment of lOd per lb. for first grade butter-fat supplied in June is being made this week by the East Tamaki Co-opera tire Dairy Company, Limited. The total distribution will amount to £5056.

The company also iis paying a bonus of lid per lb. for the past season, absorbing £24,480. Tbis will make an average payment of 10.227 d per Hi. for all grades of butter-fat supplied diiirine the season.

ADVANCES AT RAGLAH JUNE SUPPLY AT 9*D [FEOJI OUE OWN COBBESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Thursday The Raglan Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, has arranged to advance its suppliers 9Jd per lb. butter-fat for first-grade cream supplied for buttermaking in June.

OUTPUT IN DOMIKION FALL OF 5J PER CENT. . The fall_ in the output of dairy produce in New Zealand this season was again checked slightly last month, when gi-adings of butter for export were higher than in June, 1934, although less cheese was graded. The output for the 11 months of the current season ended June shows a reduction of 5.5 per cent, compared with the previous season. On the same, basis, the butter-fat yield calculated on export gradings of produce, the fall to the end of May was 5.8 per cent and to the end of March over 8 per cent. A comparison of grading returns to the end of June is as follows:

BUTTER 1934-35 1983-3* Tons Tons Atjg.-Dee. .. ». 72.293 74,910 January .. .. 17.675 -19,919 February .. .. 10,825 13,425 March .. ft .. 11,050 11,828 .. .. 9.255 8.525 Ms? .. .. 6,975 6.075 June .. .. 1.800 1.375 Total ton« .: 129.903 185,054

CHEESE 1934-35 1933-34 Tons Tons Aug.-Dec 44.635 47.995 January .. .. 13,665 15,335 February .. .. 8,957 11.033 March .* 7,941 9,963 April .. .. 7,136 6,950 May .. .. 6,773 6.179 June .. .. 1,826 1,667 Total tons .. 90.933 101.427

In view of the slightly .higher production of butter-fat this winter it ia probable that the output to the end of the current season, July 31, will be about 5 per cent lower than in the previous season.

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE (Received July 18, 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 18 Following are. today's quotations on the Sydney produce market:—Wheat: At country sidings, 2s 3d for bagged and 2s 2sci for bulk, equal to about 2s lOd and 2s IOJd es trucks Sydney. Flour, £lO 7s 6d. Brari aid pollard, £5. Potatoes. Tasmanian, £l2 to £l4; .ij r ; Victorian. £l2. Onions, Victonan, ;v Brown, £lO 10s. Maii&e, jellow, 3s 10d; white, 4s. . Adelaide prices are: f Growers' lots, 2s Bd. Floor, lots, £lO 17s 6d Bran, £5 2s 6d. Oarts, Algerian, In 90-