REGISTRATIONS OF FACTORIES, ETC., UNDER THE DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT, AT 30th APRIL, 1919.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 6, 20 June 1919, Page 376

REGISTRATIONS OF FACTORIES, ETC., UNDER THE DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT, AT 30th APRIL, 1919.

The Market for Rennet Casein. — connection with a movement to establish a central co-operative factory'in Taranaki for the manufacture of casein, theDepartment recently communicated with the High Commissioner in London as to the market conditions and prospects for rennet casein. A reply, dated 22nd May, states as follows The. general opinion of the trade is• that the demand for rennet casein will continue to increase, though two firms think that stock in the hands of manufacturers is heavy. Best French is at present worth /no per ton. During the war it touched /j6o, but is expected to fall to about fjo in the near future. Provided the quality is right prospects are good, but manufacture of only the best quality casein is advised.”

Note.—Five dried-milk factories and one condensed-milk factory were also operating at 30th April.

District. Creameries (Butter). Factories (Cheese). Private Dairies. Packing- ' houses (Milled Butter). Totals. Butter. Cheese. Auckland .. 55 51 4 no Taranaki . . .. ... 29 113 . 16 3 161 Wellington .. 21 ' 71 . I 3 . 13 ’ 109 Hawke’s Bay II 24 35 • • • • 35 Nelson .. 7 5 6 18 Marlborough 4 ■ 7 ' 11 Westland . . 7 5 12 Canterbury '... 14 . 16 I 15 46 Otago and Southland 11 96 . • • 3 3 110 110 Totals, 1919 . . ■ 159 388 18 18 29 612 Totals, 1918 . . 162 402 23 18 41 646