GRADING POINTS FOR EXPORT BUTTER AND CHEESE

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 6, 15 December 1949, Page 588

GRADING POINTS FOR EXPORT BUTTER AND CHEESE

Leading Factory Averages for Year Ended July 31, 1949 Contributed by the DAIRY DIVISION. BUTTER-MANUFACTURING companies which obtained an average grade of 93.75 points or more and cheesemanufacturing companies which obtained an average grade of 92.75 points or more during the year ended July 31, 1949, are listed below in order of merit. Of the total listed 22 butter and 20 cheese factories are in the North Island and 7 butter and 12 cheese factories in the South Island.

Registered Tonnage graded Average grade points Grading port Company number Brand Westland 145 Westland 436 94.470 Lyttelton United 1296 Whariti 237 94.304 Wellington Inter-Wanganui 6 Inter-Wanganui 236 94.279 Lyttelton Wairoa .. 1345 Wairoa • 119 94.277 Hastings Konini 1203 Konini 699 94.248 Wellington Karamea 1570 Karamea 278 94.217 Lyttelton Rodney .. 394 Rodney 664 94.143 Auckland Golden Bay 146 Sovereign 679 94.109 Wellington Rangitikei 1360 Rangitikei 612 94.072 Castlecliff Kaikoura 302 Kai 301 94.070 Lyttelton Collingwood 1254 Golden Hills . 302 94.048 Wellington Wangaehu .1326 Wangaehu 440 94.030 Castlecliff Kuku-Manakau 905 Ohau 364 94.006 ■ Wellington Awahuri 664 Red Rose 775 94.002 Wellington Murchison 1888 Airship 196 94.001 Lyttelton Taihape ! 1188 Tikapu 149 93.960 Castlecliff Mangorei 345 Mangorei ' 1059 93.922 New Plymouth Matakana 1375 Matakana 562 93.912 Auckland Tarurutangi 728 Champion 205 93.900 New Plymouth Uruti .. 300 Uruti 217 93.897 New Plymouth Cheltenham 3 Pakeha 1264 93.866 Wellington Te Aroha-Thames Valley .. 344 Overseas 2408 93.838 Auckland Kia Ora 926 Kia Ora 606 93.830 Gisborne Levin .. 910 Lake . 1095 93.801 Wellington N.Z. Dairy (Ngatea) 291 Anchor 1716 93.794 Auckland Maungaturoto 1407 Otamatea 2272 93.781 Auckland Tolaga Bay 1007 Tolaga Bay 185 93.770 Gisborne Rata .. 938 Rata 607 93.767 Wellington Kairanga 1768 Longburn 615 93.766 Wellington Page 588

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Registered Tonnage Company number graded Average grade Brand points Average Tonnage grade Grading Grading port Company graded number points Brand North Taranaki (Onaero) .. 723 Flax 152 93.134 New Brydone 1821 Brydone 367 93.133 Plymouth Bluff Kaupokonui (Kapuni branch) 1629 Kaupokonui 441 93.078 Patea Wright’s Bush 206 Wright’s Bush 314 93.030 Bluff Waverley 1834 Oturi 443 92.984 Patea Glenham 1484 Glenham 191 92.953 Bluff Tamaki 1463 Bell’ 432 92.919 Wellington Eltham (Kawhitiroa) 1036 Eltham 517 92.905 New Oteramika 813 Oteramika 260 92.903 Plymouth Bluff Awarua .. 545 Awarua 416 92.902 . Bluff North Taranaki (Waipapa) 212 Flax 510 92.901 New Normanby 24 Steering Wheel 1031 92.891 Plymouth Patea Mataura 38 Mataura 485 92.878 Bluff Dalefield 9 Dalefield 1092 92.861 Wellington Okato-Puniho (Puniho branch) 48 48 Okato Okato 549 549 92.841 92.841 New New Lower Valley .. 322 Lower Valley* 152 92.821 Plymouth Wellington Bell Block 488 Bell Block 544 92.813 New Brooklands 1619 Brooklands 331 92.808 Plymouth New Ngaire .. .. 25 Triumph 864 92.795 Plymouth New Tuturau 132 Tuturau 75 92.794 Plymouth ■ Bluff Otamita 17 ■ Otamita 55 92.789 Bluff Oxford 15 Oxford 409 92.786 New • Kahui 493 Kahui 221 92.782 Plymouth New Cape Egmont . . 632 Cape Egmont . 1588 92.778 Plymouth New Grey to wn-W air arapa 529 Greytown 801 92.774 Plymouth Wellington Pembroke .. 234 Pembroke 540 92.772 New Cardiff . . 10 C.C.C. 683 92.770 Plymouth New Morton Mains 1604 Morton Mains 214 ' 92.770 Plymouth Bluff Mokotua 67 Mokotua 215 92.764 Bluff T. L Joll (Kapuni branch) 1668 Maori Chief 1022 92.761 Patea Tisbury .. 701 Tisbury 242 92.757 Bluff Wyndham 59 Wyndham . 444 92.752 Bluff .

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