Grading Points for Export Butter and Cheese

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 5, 15 November 1954, Page 516

Grading Points for Export Butter and Cheese

BUTTER-MANUFACTURING companies which obtained an average grade of 93.75 points or more and cheesemanufacturing companies which obtained an average grade of 92.50 points or more during the year ended 31 July 1954 are listed below in order of merit. Of the total listed the 20 butter factories and 10 of the cheese factories are in the North Island and the remaining 5 cheese factories are in the South Island. Production figures are for the balancesheet year 1953-54 and the figures of quantities graded for export are for the period 1 August 1953 to 31 July 1954.

Butter companies whose butter was graded mainly for the local market and for which an average grade of 93.75

points or more was obtained for the combined local and export gradings were as follows: —

Registered Pro- Graded duc- Grading tion port duction tons for export tons Average grade points Grading Factory port Factory number numbe Brand Brand United 1296 Whariti 563 160 94.256 Wellington Cheltenham 3 Pakeha■ • .. 1689 1042 94.187 Wellington Wairoa 1345 Wairoa 543 136 94.182 Hastings To Aroha- . Thames Valley 344 Overseas .. 3260 2354 94.164 Auckland Raetihi 717 Raetihi 320 208 94.111 Castlecliff Taihape 1188 Tikapu 232 108 94.000 Castlecliff Wangaehu 1326 Wangaehu 575 378 93.997 Castlecliff Kuku-Manakau 905 Ohau .. 516 324 93.981 Wellington Masterton 1307 Masterton 767 499 93.977 Wellington Konini 1203 Konini .. 1540 857 93.966 Wellington N.Z. Dairy . (Morrinsville) 415 Anchor .. .. 3215 3078 93.943 Auckland N.Z. Dairy (Frankton) . 1510 Anchor .. 5480 2446 93.941 Auckland Devin . . 910 Lake .. .. 1855 846 93.924 Wellington Cambridge (Hautapu) . . 1239 Cambridge .. 2643 1541 93.898 Auckland Okitu .. 1270 Okitu 155 71 93.889 Gisborne Rangitikei 1360 Rangitikei 974 625 93.856 Castlecliff Moa Farmers’ 341 Inglewood . . 21,60 1627 93.837 New Kairanga 1768 Longburn .. 1203 598 93.816 Plymouth Wellington Kia Ora 926 Kia Ora 901 402 93.815 Gisborne Rodney 394 Rodney 869 804 93.769 Auckland

Creamery Butter

Factory Registered duction tons Average Grading Gradedport number Brand Graded tons Average grade points Grading port number Brand Westland 145 Westland — 556 94.395 Lyttelton Karamea 1570 Karamea 409 327 94.162 Lyttelton Kaikoura 302 Kai . . 610 462 94.137 Lyttelton Murchison . . 1888 Airship 484 377 94.095 Lyttelton Inter-Wanganui 6 Inter-Wanganui — 257 94.091 Lyttelton ItangiwahiaRuahine 750 Quail 164 41 94.063 Wellington Collingwood . 1254 Golden Hills . 482 439 94.047 Lyttelton Golden Bay . 146 Sovereign 953 820 94.032 Lyttelton Cheese ProGraded Registered duefor Average Grading Average Grading Factory number Brand tion export grade port tons tons points Wright’s Bush 206 Wright’s Bush 216 217 93.403 Bluff Bruntwood 1534 Bruntwood . . 926 907 93.079 Auckland Dalefield 9 Dalefleld 1229 1189 92.959 Wellington Parkvale 1240 Parkvale 398 398 92.674 Wellington Kaupokonui (Oeo) 1132 Kaupokonui .. 711 711 92.644 Patea Woodlands 1485 Woodlands .. 207 192 92.644 Bluff Belvedere 486 Belvedere .. 489 490 92.609 Wellington Edendale 36 Premier 765 780 92.602 Bluff Featherston 360 Featherston . . 1612 1550 92.568 Wellington Morton Mains 1604 Morton Mains 190 190 92.568 Bluff GreytownWairarapa . 529 Greytown 893 808 92.522 Wellington Aparima 188 Aparima 378 376 92.519 Bluff Brooklands 1619 Brooklands . . 437 435 92.511 New Plymouth Alton .. 1890 Alton 815 813 92.507 Patea Oaonui -V (Kina Road) 283 Oaonui 428 422 92.504 New Plymouth