THE MILK SHORTAGE.
■ , SHIPMENTS NOT DIMINISHED.' ■ ■ ■■■■It is rather singular that whilo the. milk . supply in some. , districts is 'j unflo.ubtedry ~ dwindling ; to ;a. : very . the qusiiititiea' .- of chcesc and butter exported, to the present. ■ date, show a : healthy.-increase. '■ Iri'-thefraca ■ 'of the export . figures,,'Mr.'X L.'.'.HarkSqss,.' secretary of the National Dairy A.sspciation, . told ■■ a Dominion, representative,'yesterday that some'districts Vere;cert:iinly,siir- • foring from; the drought, yet in. the indilstty as : a whole it 'could hot - be said J that-' the : supply'of milk was seriously ■ figures on which Mr. Harkness basedhis ;■ 'conclusions- are' 'iihowthe number of casou-of checso'and -boxes ' of . butter-exported from Wellington "in'the'vari- . ou3- : * cargoes in 'the past two seasons.-'-lii • . oach year's figures the calculations tire begun •from- the.date of the first;'cheose shipment^ : . ' iuoG-7. ". -' - v 1907^8:':^• Oct. 18 to Jan. 17. /. .Nov. 10 to Jan.,l7. Butter. Cheese. • •. . Buttct. Cheese. ', 1(5,474 " 1214. -.' " '"V,^ 2i;877 ■ 1 2172 v "V '18(753 ~. .40,6? . 33,223 3991 ' 'v' 21,208 , . 4814 ■ 33,477 5297 >■ ■ 26,301 .6367 47,245 7911'- '. ■ 36,813 - = 8844 *12,933 3913 - ' 42,950,. 14,099 5-1,121 7551 1 47,062 -. 15,024' 48,157 8294 42,667 17,471 .45,022 8924 : 44,252 18,722 - . "Surplus sent by. Kaikoura.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 2
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180THE MILK SHORTAGE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 2
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