Dairy Produce Graded for Export

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 91, Issue 6, 15 December 1955, Page 552

Dairy Produce Graded for Export

THE following figures showing quantities of dairy produce graded for export during October and for the 3 months ended 31. October 1955, ' with comparative figures for the same month and 3 months of 1954, have been compiled by the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture from figures supplied by divisional officers at the various grading ports:

BUTTER Period Creamery’...., . Whey J . Total in dec 6 (tons) (tons) (tons) October 1955 .. . j .. .. 22,180 387 22,567 October 1954 .. 21,420 .402 21,822 Increase or decrease .. .. - 4-760 —l5 -4-745 4-3.414 3 months ended 31/10/55 48,858 789 49,647 3 months ended 31/10/54 47,030 808 47,838 Increase or decrease .. . . 4-1,828 —l9 4-1,809 4-3.781 Butter in store at 31 October 1955 was 23,036 tons CHEESE . , . Percentage Period White . Coloured Total inc. or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) October 1955 .. .. 9,669 1,495 11,164 •■ October 1954 9,786 3,093 12,879 Increase or decrease —ll7 —1,598 —1,715 —13.316 3 months ended 31/10/55 17,683 2,034 19,717 3 months ended 31/10/54 19,052 4,100 23,152 Increase or decrease —1,369 —2,066 —3,435 —14.837

Cheese in store at 31 October 1955 was 12,717 tons If these figures are converted into butterfat equivalent, there is an increase of 0.449 per'cent, in butterfat graded for the 3 months as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. The above, figures refer only to butter and cheese graded for export, and owing to diversions which may take place from time to time-they are not necessarily a true indication of production trends. • -