DAIRY PRODUCE.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17614, 19 January 1929, Page 6

DAIRY PRODUCE.

DECEMBER PAY-OUTS. MORRINSVILLE FACTORY. SUCCESSFUL SEASON. ‘ (Special to Times.) MORRINSVILLE, Saturday. The returns from the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, are not yet available, but those from the other companies in the district are most satisfactory, as they show a large increase over the figures for the same period last year. For the half-year, June to December, the amount paid to suppliers was £152,394 4s 6d compared with £118,309 18s 3d paid last season, showing an increase of £34,084 6s 3d. The returns from the different companies for the period are as follows, last season being given in parenthesis:—Morrinsville, £96,472 (£69,181); Tatua, £35,530 (£31,317); Norfolk, £20,390 (£17,810). The December returns beat all previous records for the month, and with the continued high prices ruling in the Home market and the abundant supply of feed everywhere, farmers’ prospects were never better.

RAGLAN DAIRY CO. BIG INCREASE REPORTED. The Raglan Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., is paying Is 4£d per lb. superfine for butter-fat supplied in December. The total amount paid out is £6460, compared with £5420 for December, 1927. For the season to date the total payout amounts to £23,055, as against £18,675 for corresponding period last season. The company has made 177 tons this season. Last season the output for the same period was 159 tons. The supply is increasing well now. For the first 15 days of January 200 boxes more butter have been manufactured than in the same time last year. It is expected the increase will be about 10. or 12 tons per month. The company is making only one grade of butter—finest. The average grade is 93J. It is expected that the season will prove a very successful one for the company. In addition to the satisfactory grading the factory is being worked economically. For the first six months this season there was a saving of £4O, in fuel compared with last year. Suppliers are evidently making provision for good results next year. There is a great increase in manures being purchased through the company. In addition to the continuous supply of super, over 800 tons of other manures are on order, principally slag and guano.

Waikato Valley Company. The Waikato Valley Dairy Company paid out Is 5d per lb. for the December supply. Morrinsville.

The Morrinsville Co-operative Dairy Company paid out Is 51d for the December supply of butter-fat, the total sum disbursed being £23,453. For the December 1927 supply the rate of payout was Is 2Jd per lb., the total sum represented being £13,812. The total amount of butter-fat manufactured into butter during December was 312,4721 b. compared with 13,812 for December 1927.

Kakepuku. The Kakepuku Dairy Co., paid out Is 6d per lb. to its suppliers for the December supply of butterfat for cheesemaking. The total amount disbursed was £IBB7, compared with £1,923 for December 1927, at the same rate. The total sum paid out by the Company for the season to date is £7807.

Taupirl Company. The Taupiri Dairy Company paid out at the rate of Is 5d per lb. for its December supply for butter as against Is 3d the previous December.