CHEESE PRODUCTION

Southland Times, Issue 24249, 5 October 1940, Page 12

CHEESE PRODUCTION

INCREASED OUTPUT IN AUCKLAND

“Provided that the seasonal conditions continue to be favourable, there is every prospect that the company will produce 4000 tons of cheese in addition to the 14,569 tons which represented the output of its cheese factories last season,” said Mr C. J. Parlane, general manager of the New Zealand Co-oper-ative Dairy Company, Limited, this week.

Mr Parlane said the suppliers had made a splendid response to the appeal for a greater output of cheese and, aided by an excellent spring, production had exceeded all previous records. Of the company’s 24 cheese factories, all but one were working with full vats, and night shifts had been begun in several of the factories in order to Cope with the immense amount of milk that was coming forward. Several factories had been enlarged to accommodate further vats, and increased storage capacity, and it had been found already that the enlarged premises were needed. It was unusual at this time of the year for all the vats to be filled, but it looked as if the peak of the season would be earlier than usual. With an output of nearly 19,000 tons of cheese from one company, the indications were that the request for an increased output of 10,000 tons from the Dominion would be complied with. Mr Parlane paid a tribute to the efforts made by the farmers to respond to the appeal.