AUCKLAND DAIRY YIELD

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1932, Page 12

AUCKLAND DAIRY YIELD

PROVINCE MAKES RECORD GREAT PROGRESS IN FAR NORTH. RETURN HALF MILLION HIGHER. Gause for optimism is revealed by the past season's statistics for the dairying yield of the Auckland province. Calculations based on an authoritative estimate show that the output of butterfat was 12,395.0001 b in excess of that for the 1930-31 season, and the return to dairy farmers nearly £594,000 greater than last year, on a basis of llld per lb for butter-fat in each season. Although the final figures for the June output have not yet been published, the official figures for the 11 months to the end of May show an increase in output of 9.3 per cent., compared with the corresponding 11 months of the previous season. It is confidently estimated that this rate of increase has been maintained, in which event the June output would be 2,053,0601 b, compared with 1,87'8,0001b in June, 1931. On this basis the year’s output was 145,236,0001 b, as against 132,841,0001 b for the year ended June 30, 1931, and 1’29,300,0001 b in 1929-30. This is a record for the province, production first passing the 100,000,6001 b mark in 1926-27. ESTIMATED TOTAL RETURN. The latest figures indicate that dairy farmers of the province will receive on an average 113 d per lb for their season's butter-fat. Calculating at this rate, the total return for the year will be £6,959,225, compared with £6,365,298 last season. The progressive increases in the production of the province during the past six seasons are shown in the following table: — Season lb butter-fat Output 1926- 101,446,000 1927- 100,3'69,000 1928- 110,288,000 1929- < 129,300,000 1930- 132,841,000 1931- 145,236,000 Only in two months, September and. February, of the past season were the figures for the monthly output less than those for the corresponding months of the 1930-31 season. In nearly every other case the increase was a substantial one. ’ >' z The appended figures show the details of production of butter and cheese in the Auckland province, in terms .of butter-fat, for the year, compared with those of the corresponding periods of the previous two seasons. Official figures are given in. every instance, with the exception of June, 1932, in which case the estimated output is indicated. Details are:—■

NORTH AUCKLAND DEVELOPMENT. Before 10 months of the 1931-32 season had passed the volume of output for the whole 12 months of the previous season, 132,841,0001 b, had been exceeded. For the nine mouths to the end of 'March, 1932, the total output of the province was 126,076.0001 b., but 'by the end of April, 1932, the figure had risen to 130,001,0001 b, which was 3,160,0001 b in excess of the previous season’s total. Although the averag# increase for the province is something over 9 per cent., the larger yield has not been evenly •spread, the increase in the North Auckland dairying areas being phenomenally treater. Record outputs have been experienced 'by dairy factories throughout the North, the total pay-outs to suppliers for the first eight months of the season averaging 12 per cent, more than in the corresponding period of the previous season. An excellent example is provided in the figures for the Northern 'Wairoa and Ruawai factories, taken to the end of January, when the season’s output for the province had passed the peak and commenced on the down grade. In this period the Northern Wairoa factory handled 3,022,9511'b of butterfat, compared with' 2,491,7131 b in the corresponding period of the previous season, an increase of 17.53 per cent. The pay-out totalled £144,946, compared with £126,918, an increase of 12.43 per cent. The Ruawai factory’s production was 1,804,5081 b, compared with 1,498,0591 b, an increase of 16.98 per cent. The pay-out was £64,84'6, as against £53,897, an increase of 16.88 per cent. Dairy farmers for a. long time have been struggling in the throes of the depression and have seen their incomes dwindling to the vanishing point, but the courage with which they have faced the situation is 'beginning to be reflected in material advantage gained. Although the returns do not make for affluence, they are very close to making dairying a profitable proposition, in contrast to the wool grower, whose returns are considerably below the cost of production. , The figures are also eloquent of the results to be obtained from improved methods of farming. Coupled with the recent rise in dairy produce prices on the British market, they make inspiring reading.—'New Zealand Herald.

1931-32 lb. 1930-31 lb. 1929-30 lb ■ July 1.676,000 1.360.000 1,308,000 Ausr. 5,096,000 4.766,000 4,132,000 Sept. 10,822,000 11,029,000 8,696,000 Oct. 18,190,000 16,473,000 1'5,310,000 Nov. 19,853,000 19,076,000 18,229,000 Dec. 23,133,000 21,362,000 19,454,000 Jan. 1 §,'829,000 17,864,000 17,721,000 Feb. 14,455,000 15,036.000 14,814,000 Mar. 14,022,000 10,880,000 12,319,000 Apr. 9.925,000 '7,971,000 9,927.000 Mav 7,182,000 5,146,000 5,613,000 June 2,053,000 1.878,000 1,177,000 145,236,000 132,841,000 129,300,000