DAIRYING OUTPUT

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1930, Page 15

DAIRYING OUTPUT

ELEVEN MONTHS’ FIGURES. The welcome and encouraging increase in butter-fat production this season has been steadily maintained; An analysis of the: grading figures for butter and cheese shows that for the 11 months to June 30 there was an . increase in ths butter-fat equivalent of 10.5 per cent., when compared with the same period of the previous season. The figures of - the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture show that the salted butter graded for June, 1930, was 968 tons and the unsalted 10 tons, a total of 973 tons, compared with 1241 tons salted and 2 tons unsalted, a total of 1243 tons' for June, 1929; a decrease of 21.13 per cent. For the 11 months ended June, 1930, the respective quantities were 92,989 tons and 1601 tons, a total of 94,590 tons, compared with 78,693 tons and 2167 tons, a total of 80,860 tons, for the corresponding period of ’the preceding season; an increase of 16.97 per cent. The cheese graded for June, 1930, was as follows;—White, 1314 tons; eolotired, 1014 tons; total, 2328 tons; compared with 1282 tons of white and 790 of coloured, a total of 2072 tons, for June, 1929. This is an increase of 12.35 per cent. The quantities for the .11 months ended June, 1930, arc: —White, 57,409 tone; coloured, 29,253 tons; total, 80,662 tons; compared with 58,822 tons of white and 27,314 tons of coloured, a total of 86,136 tons, for the corresponding period of the preceding season. This is an increase of 0.61 per cent. < ■ Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent, there is an increase of 10.491 per cent, in • butter-fat production for the 11 months, as compared with the corresponding period of the 1928-29 season. ‘ ' The : stocks held ’ in the grading ports as at June 3(1, 1930, were: —Butter, 7039 tons; cheese, 8701 tons, as compared' with 3512 tons of butter and 4370 tons of cheese held on June 30, 1929.