DAIRY PRODUCE.
INCREASED PRODUCTION
By Telnsrrnpl,—Prraa Aaa.ia.atlon. WELLINGTON, October 8. The figures of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture show that the amount ol salted butter graded for September was 5337 tons, unsalted 190 tons; total 5517; compared with 4287 salted, and 8 insulted, total 4295 tons for September last year. Hie increase was 29.15 per cent. The cheese graded for September com-prised.—-White 2130 tens, coloured 1301, total 3431 : compared with 2141 white, and 937 coloured, total 3078, for September 1926, ail increase of 11.43 pel’ cent. . , Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent, there is .in increase of 27.83 per cent in the butterfat production for August and September, as compared with "the corresponding period ot 1926-27. , The stocks held in the various grading ports at 30th September were. —Butter 3113 tons, cheese 2400. compared with butter 2699, cheese 1716 last year. .
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17774, 10 October 1927, Page 3
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144DAIRY PRODUCE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17774, 10 October 1927, Page 3
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