DAIRY PAY-OUTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 6

DAIRY PAY-OUTS.

NOVEMBER SUPPLY. t f TE AWAMUTU. Te Awamutu Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., manufactured 114 tons 14 cwt. of butter during November, the quantity made during the same month last year being 73-i tons. The output for the season to date is 343 tons, compared with 215 tons for the same period of last year—an increase of 60 per cent. The company is making a cash advance on the 20th instant of Is 5d per lb for finest butter-fat supplied in November, and shareholders will be credited with an additional id. The total cash payment for the month is £14,888, compared with £9035 for November last year, when the rate of advance was Is 4d. The total cash pavment for the season to date is £45,474, compared with £27,289 for the same period last year. The flush of supply was reached in this district during the last ten days of November, and a slight decline has been evident this month. The recent rains, however, have already had a highly benelicial effect, and butterfat production should remain fairly steady during the month. A bountiful growth, combined with a buoyant butter market in London, makes dairy farmers here optimistic of breaking all previous records for butter-fat production and financial returns. Leaving nothing to chance, many farmers are carrying out systematic herd-testing on the group system, and the total number of cows tested in the Te Awamutu Dairy Company's group during November was 2270.

KAKEPUKU. The Kakepuku Dairy Factory (cheese manufacturing) is making an advance payment of is 6d per lb. -A similar advance was made last year. During the month £1993 10s has been distributed, an advance of £63 16s 6d on the corresponding month of last season. For the season to date £5921 7s Id has been paid out, compared with £5674 8s 8d for last season. NORFOLK. An advance of Is 6d per lb will be made to suppliers of the Norfolk Dairy Factory (cheese manufacturing) on the November supply. A similar advance was made in November, 1927. The distribution for the month, £4470, shows an increase on that for the same month of last season, when £4231 was paid out. For the season to date (six months) £14,994 has been advanced, compared with £13,562 last season. TATUA. The Tatua Dairy Company handled 107,7191 b of butter-fat during November, compared with 102,5561 b in November, 1927. The rate of pay-out was Is 6d (cheese), against Is 5d a lb last year. During the month £BO7S 18s 6d has been distributed, a substantial increase over the corresponding month of last season, when £7264 4s was distributed. The pav-out for the season to date is £27,536 18s 6d, compared with £23,529 4s for the same period last season. SUNNY PARK. \ profitable season has been experienced by the Sunny Park Factory. advances for the mon h totalling £5820 (cheese Is 6d and butter Is -id a lb), compared with £4113 (cheese is 5d and butter Is 4*d). The season to date has seen a distribution of £17,798, against .£i-J,-i39 last season.