DAIRYING SEASON
AUCKLAND PRODUCTION. INCREASE FOR TEN MONTHS. Although there was a substantial decline in the quantity of butter-fat produced in the Auckland Province during April, the figures for the first 10 months of the current dairying season compare more than favourably ’with the average output of recent years. The production to date this season is 120,817,0001 b, which is more than 3,900,0001 b in excess of the previous year, an increase of 3.2 per cent. The returns for April show a fallingoff of 2,909,0001 b, or 26.7 per cent, when compared with the production in March, but a decrease is usual at this time of the year, and should continue until the close of the season next month. In April, 1930, the production was 1,956,0001 b, or 19.7 per cent., greater than in April, 1931, but the late summer and early autumn conditions last year were .more favourable to prolonged production. Taking a round figure return of one shilling a pound butter-fat, this season’s output in the province to date is worth approximately £6,291,000. The following table shows the details of production of butter and cheese in the Auckland Province in terms of butter-fat for the first 10 months of the current dairying year, compared with those of the correspond-
In spite of the current season opening somewhat quietly in July, 1930, the production each month until March last was well above that of the corresponding months of the previous season. The most marked increase this season wa6 .in September, the month’s ouput being 11,029,0001 b of butter-fat, 2,333,0001 b more than ih September, 1929. The season’s zenith was reached in December with 21,362,0001 b, as against 19,454,0001 b in December, 1929.
ing periods of the preceding season: — July 1930-31 lb 1,360,000 1929-30 lb 1,308,00 August . •. 4,766,000 3,132,000 September r- • 11,029,000 8,696.000 October 16,473,000 15,310,000 November . n . 19,076,000 18,229,000 December . . . 21,362,000 19,454,000 January • • • 17,864,000 17,721,000 February . . . 15,036,000 10,880,000 14,814,000 March .... 12,319,000 April 7,971,000 9,927,000 125,817,000 121,910,000
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 24 (Supplement)
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