OUR DAIRY FACTORIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 8

OUR DAIRY FACTORIES.

ANNUAL LIST. The; aimual' list' of \dairy factories■' of New Zealand has just been issued by the ; Government.'.ln actual > registrations up to April 30. it shows- an increase of three in the number of cheese factories over- last, year's number, and a decrease in butter factories, private dairies, and packing houses. Tho figures for the'two years are as follow:—''. ' ' ■■•:- . : • ■ 1909: ; ■ IDOS." Butter factories ; '~-, 193 100 Cheese factories , 15JJ 147 Private butter .....: ....;.... yO3' 317 Priviito cheeso .....„.;■ ;jo it • Mills .'.., ;„..;; us ■ 122 Totals ............ '793 ' ' EoS Since the compilation of the list, ■however, numerous other factories have been registered .or established, and-tho actual figures at tho Preset, data would show- an increase of about 20 cheese factories ami:an increase'of about, four, or five butter factories. This net increase of butter factories, small ns it is, must, be considered encouraging in viev; of tho strong craze for cheese factories that has prevailed in the recent vacation. • Tlio' factories, etc.',', are distributed as follow:—. ...

u-t: o -l £u So'-a ■■■■■' ! .-•.'. c 3 a a '2 3 : '£& a § t> ■ . oph p<w p<o ft.« e< Auckland ...... 51 13 48 2 12 12C Taranaki ....... 61 .43 218. -' '." 10. 342 Wellington ... 31 29 31 '2 45 131Hawkes Bay 18 ■ 5 ■ — — — 23 Nelson 7.5 71 10 '30 Marlborough ..' 2 3 —" — 1 'o Westland '■ 4 ■ 1 — — — 5 Canterbury .... 9 11 1 23 12 56 Otago and .' •■'■■'., . Southland ... 7 42 3 2 26 80 ■Totals: ; .193 152 308 30 IXG .709 The largest output of butter from one campany last season. came from tho New Zealand Dairy Association of Auckland, who produced 1068 tons at Ngaruawahia (from 175 suppliers), and 852■ toDS. at-I'nkckohe.: Tho next biggest butter output was from the Taieri and Peninsula Company, namely, 130 tons' at OamarU and 1200 tons at Dunedin. The Dunedin output was at the rate of one ton for each supplier, there b'.-'ng 1200 suppliers. The output of the. .Now Zealand Farniere' Dairy Union was 627 tons, of Eltham 800 tons, and of Canterbury Central BSO- tons. . ■

In, cheeso .-the big; producers were T. 'L'. '.Toll-Co-operative 1471 tons,.'and: Edcndalo ahd!Bryaone UOO tons..' , ".'■', '' .' ; : .

■■The new-, factories so. far registered ate the following (prop.), Hokianga (co-op.), ■■ Kauaera'nga (co-op.), I Ka'wHia (prop.), Ayrshire (prop.), Pni (prop.), -Ashliurst apvop.), Palme'niton (prop.), Kiritaki (prop.), Oringr . (prop.).. . Clieesp-Mareretu (prop.),. AYaiuku (prop.), Fassifern (prop.), Oturi (coop.), White Cliffs' (co-op.), • Kakariki (prop.), Kuapehu • (prop.), Te.Whiti (prop.), Hauniatr (co-op.), To Ami, (prop.),■ Inter-Wanganui (VVcstlaud), (co-op.); aud Dromond , (co-0p.).'..■-.