BUTTER AND CHEESE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 8

BUTTER AND CHEESE

AUCKLAND STATISTICS!

(lI'.TH,E<iRAPBi_,R«.KgS.. AgSpCJAIIDH.) „ \ „i, ■■■•^ A^JGKLAND, This7Da:y. '-''; The production of butter and cheese in Auckland province has been stimulated .with, the commencement of the ' New Year.... During, the first fortnight of this month, 81,668 boxes of butter werei received! for grading/ compared. with 79,732 boxes for the corresponding period of last year, an increase, of 1936 boxes. These figures indicate a rather remarkable recovery, as the . December returns showed a deficit of 12,247, boxes compared with those .of December, 1922. A great recovery was made during the week ended 14th January, when the receipts were 44,018 boxes against 34,184 boxes for the corresponding week of January, 1923, an increase of 9834. The receipts at the end of December and the beginning of' January are not always a reliable guide a3 to the production, as butter and cheese are held longer at the factories owing.to the holidays. The large apparent" increase during the second week of this...month therefore may not represent the actual position. The fact that the advance was so substantial and that it followed fairly general rains throughout the province suggests, v however, that the freshening of the pastures has resulted in an increased milk production. The total' quantity of butter received for the season to 14th January was 807,084 ' boxes, compared with 85G,585 boxes for . the corresponding period of last season, a decrease ol 43,501 boxes.! The quantity of cheese : received for the season to 14th January .totalled 93,813 crates, as against 45,551 crates for the 'similar period of last season, an increase of 47,262 crates.