DAIRYING SEASON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 5

DAIRYING SEASON

DECREASE IN OUTPUT: , { TE AWAMUTU COM PAN Y UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER [ritOJl OUR OWN correspondent] TE AWAMUTU, Sunday' An output of 2270 tons of butter,, a decrease of 11.95 per cent on tho 2378 tons made during the 1937-38 season, is recorded in the report of the , Te Awamutu Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, to be presented at the annual meeting on August 15. It is stated that the Dominion decrease in butter production for the year equalled 13.32 per cent. The report states that from a climatic point of view the season was a most unfavourable one and this fact had an adverse effect on the output , and quality of the butter produced. A V substantial loss in premiums was suffered owing to feed-flavour affecting the quality. The average grade, however, was as good as that ot" the previous season. The company's all-in cost to f.o.b. was 2.01ud per lb. butter-fat, compared with 1.899 d for the previous season. The cost worked out at £ls 7s 7d a ton as against £l4 3s Sd for 1937-38. The company's average advance payment over all grades for the past season was 14.300 d per lb. butter-fat. On the basis of payment for finest quality cream, including cost of cream cartage, the company's payment would work out at 16.Gild. The average payment over all grades, not including cream cartage, was 16.077 d per lb. butter-fat. The surplus for the year was equivalent to 1.722 d per lb. bntter-fat. The sum of had already been paid out and a further payment would be made this month. . TE AROHA-THAMES VALLEY DETAILS OF PAYMENTS An output of 2560 tons of butter, compared with 2902 tons in the previous season, is reported by the directors of the Te Aroha-Thames Valley Con operative Dairy Company. Limited, for the year ended June 30. The decrease is stated to he due to the unfavourable season experienced. --• Deferred payments of £21,036, equal to 1.072 d per lb. butter-fat, have already been made and a final distribution of Id per lb., absorbing £19,625, will be made on August 20. The average pay-out for the year will be 16.217 d per lb. butter-fat (all grades), against lo.OOld in the previous year. Allowing for cream cartage and interest on shares the total net distribution is 16.306 d.per lb., while the actual payment for finest grade cream, including cream cartage, amounts to 16.751 d per lb. The number of suppliers was 595, against 574 in the previous year. Total charges, including cream collection, repairs and depreciation from farnvgato to f.o.b. per lb. butter-fat were 1.991 d. against 1.574 d in 1938. COUNTRY STOCK SALES NORTH AUCKLAND VALUES RATES FOR DAIRY. CATTLE The North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, reports a fair average yarding at Pipiwai. Competition was keen throughout. Dairy cows made from £6 oS to £7;' backward and inferior cows, £4 10s ito--j£s IpS; heifers, i.l 17s (3d to £'o 10s;. fat cows, £4 17s lid to £C "2s; boner cows. X2 5s to £2 12s; cows and calves, £2 IJ.B;' two-year Shorthorn steer*, £3 15s; yearling Shorthorn steers, .C2 ss; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £1 lis; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3 lis; boner bulls, £4 to £5 13s. At Mangawhare there was a good yarding of dairy cattle, but beef and store cattle were in short supply. Best dairy cows made from £8 to £9 2s fid; medium quality cows, £6 10s to £7 17s Gd; backward and inferior cows, £4 10s to £6 7s 6d; best dairy heifers, £0 to £7 2s 6d; good quality, but smaller, £3 lOs to £5 17s 6d; small and backward, £4 2s Gd to £5 ss; medium-weight fat cow's, £C 10s to £7 2s Gd; light fat cows, £5 Ss to £6 Is; fat Jersey cows, £4 los to Lo '2s Gd; boner cows, heavy, .£2 Ss to £3 4s; light boner cows, £1 lis to £2 is; potter cows. ltis to 30s; boner bulls, £3 13s to ""The" entry at Ruawai included a very small yarding of boner cows. ,which sold on r par with previous sales. Light fat £4 10s to £5 12s; boner cows, £2 -s to £3 Gs; light boner cows,_ £2.2s to £2 os; inferior dairy cows, £3 l«s t>d to £o -s fad. small cairy .heifers. £3 12s Gd to £4 _s bd. At Pararoa there was a good yarding of dairy cattle and compellticn was extremelj k'een for any good class cattle. Best cows made from £S to £lO_lsS; medium dairy cows. iU 10s to £7 l.s 6d; aged and unsound cows. £4 10s to£6.S heifers, £(3 lus to £. ss; smaller, £o 5s to £ll 76 Gd; small and backward. £4 to £o •2» 6d; light fat cows, £5 12s bd to £b 10s; boner cows, £2 2s to £3 <s; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 los toi £4 Is; small yearlinsrs, 6b to £2 12s 6d. T*ie entry at Kamo included a fair yarding of dairy cattle,and a very large sardine of pigs. The dairy cattle were poor - quality and sold fairly well under the cir cumstances. Pigs sold exceptionally any stores witn size being very copula . Dairy cows made from £6 I.os to £ < 15S, September calvers, £o 5s to £6 <sGd; backward wild inferior £3 10s to £4 15«: IS? tJ'tfwT. ml'm" ft || iikW Wfel to 345; yearling heifers, small, 355; fat wethers. 23s to 245; light fat ewes. 108. Pigs: Sows with litters, £6 l.s 6d to £< °s Gd; sows to farrow, best, £6 to £6 1-s Gd: White sows. £5 2S 6d to £5 I<S 6d; backward sows, £4 to £4.1' 3 . fa |i i°s 6d: heavy porkers, £3 to to light porkers. £2 12s to £2 ISs; large stores £2 Gs to £2 Ss 6d; medium stores, 37s to £2 ss; slips, 2Ss to SGS; weaners, 10 At°Maungaturoto there was a smalUyarding mostlv dairy cattle. B«st cows, £. 1-s fid to £6 os; medium Quality August cahers, £X 15S to £6 10s; aged and inferior cows, v.i to £5 7s Gd; best heifers, £' l<>s to £b 7s Gd others, £5 5$ to £G lOss smaller heifers' £4 «to £5 2s Gd; yearling Jersey heifers small, 365; boner cows, £2 5s to £2 iTs; throe-year Shorthorn steers, passed at £4 MARKET AT PAPAKURA / The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports „ qU p® fair varding of dairy cattle at the Papakura "sale. Cows and heifers at Profit- met with excellent competition from a good bench of buyers. Three pedigree Jersey heifers sold nn account of Mr. A. L. Cooper, Onklands Road. Papakura, realised I2 l / S gns. and lOgns. Quality grade heifers nude £lO 10s to £l2 10s; lesser quality, £< los to £0 10s; later calvers and inferior sorts, £4 10s to £7: quality dairycows. at Profit. £8 15* to i' 10: lesser quality, £6 to £S, poorer and backward. £-1 to £5 los; weaner pigs. lSs Gd to £J Gs. KAMO REALISATIONS [from OUlt OWN* CORRESPONDENT] WHANGAREI. Saturday Walter Wakelin reports having held his usual weekly stock sale at Kamo when an average entry of dairy cattle and an excentioiialh large number of nigs was submitted to'a large attendance of buyers. Competition fo- dairy cattle was fair, while the entry of SSO pigs brought keen, competition I rroni buyers from throughout Ivorth Auckland. Cattle: A small herd of_ 12. dairy cows soid fiom £4 17s Gd to £. 15s; forward .lersev cows, £5 10s to £7 15s; more backward 'Jersey cows, £3 10s to £5; sDriiißrincr Jersey heifers. £3 105 to i • lOsi small and backward heifers. £3 10s lo £5 los; inferior cows and heifers, £2 to £3 5?; Shorthorn dairy 'cows and heifers, £4 to £G; cows, in milk, £3 to £7; yearling jersev heifers, to £2 15s; fat Jersey., cows, £5 12s Gd; boner cows. £2 15s; potter cows, 15S to 30s: boner bulfs, £4 to £6 12s Gd. Sheep: Mixed-sex hoggets, to 14s bd; cull hoggets, Gs Gd. Pigs: Heavy baconers, to £3 L(i<; medium, £3 3s to £3 10s; heavy porkers. i-2 10s lo £3; medium, £2 Gs to £2 12a; buttermilk Digs, £2 Gs to £2 13s Gd; large stores, £1 ius to £2 6s; medium, 25a to 30s; slips, 20s to 3ls; best tveancrs, 203 to 27h 9d; others, lis to 17s; small and inferio'- weaners, is to ss; breeding sows, £3 30s to .CO 10s; two sows with 11 young realised £l2 the lot; choppers, lo £3; white boars, 2 to 1 guineas. • WHEAT MARKET CLOSED , ' (Received August 6, 5.5 p.m.) , LONDON, Aug. 5 The Liverpool wheat futures market was closed to-day. o f