DAIRYING INDUSTRY.
BIG INCREASE IN YIELD.
IN THE AUCKLAND PROVINCE.
A RETURN OF £6,959,225
Calculations based on an authoritative estimate show that the output of butter-fat In the Auckland province during the season 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 or Hid per lb for butter-fat in each season.
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" 2,053,0001 b, compared with 1,878,0001 bin June, 1931. On this basis the year’s output was 145,236,0001 b. as against 132,841,0001 b. for the vear ended June 30,' 1931, and 129,300,0001 bin 1929-30. This is a record for the province, . production first passing the 100,000,0001 b mark In 1926-27. Dairy farmers of the province will receive on an average llid 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. Comparison of Production.
The appended table shows the details of production of butter and cheese in the Auckland province, in terms of hultcr-fat, . for the >ear, compared wi'th those of the corresponding periods of the previous two seasons. lOfflciai figures are given in every instance, with the exception of June, 1932, in which case the estimated output is indicated. Details
arc 1931 -32. 1930-31. 1929-30. lb lb lb July 1,676,000 1,360,000 1,308,000 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 15,310,000 iNOV. 19,853,000 19,076,000 18,229,000 Dec. 23,133,000 21,362,000 19,454.000 Jan. 18,829,000 17,864,000 17,721,000 Feb. 1 4,455,000 1-5,036,000 14,814,000 Mar. 14,022,000 10,880,000 12,319,000 April 9,925,000 7,971,000 9,927,000 May 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
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18691, 18 July 1932, Page 2
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