Farming Notes.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 69, 18 September 1897, Page 2

Farming Notes.

Tho returns for the Nonnanby butter factory show that the milk supply during the past season more than doubled itself, being 272,814 gallons. The average test for the season was 3*69. Bf>,B4Blbs of butter were shipped to London, realising a gross return of 9*963 pence per lb ; the charges on these consignments from the time they left the factory was equal to 1*276 pence, leaving a net price of 7*olo pence per lb. Colonial jonsignnaents amounted to 17,0">8lbs returning equal to ICrOl r > pence per lb, the charges against which were £17 18s or euual to 0*251 pence per lb, plus cost of conversion 1*206 pence per lb, thus netting 8*468 pence per lb. Milk suppliers had for home use 2944 lbs at 7803 pence per <b less cost of conversion 1*296 pence per lb. The total butter made for the season was 106,3341b5. The cost of conversion of 100,8071bs of butter fat into 106,3341bs cf marketable butter amounted to £573 17s 7d; was equal to 1*266 pence per lb. The cost of marketing 105,877!bs of butter amounted to JC5<)6 12s 8d equal to 1*352 pence per lb thus making the total cost of convex fiion and marketing to 2*648 pence per lb. The total receipts for the seison's output was equal to 9*912 pence per lb, and after deducting costs of production leaves a net return of 7*264 pence per lb. Milk suppliers were paid equal to 6 836 per lb of butter fat supplied, or 2*5"27 pence per gallon of lOlbs on an avemgj test of 3*69, but it was proposed to make an additional payment which would ninke the total payments to suppliers- 7*282 pence per lb of butter f;it. The report states that owing to their want of a refrigerator an average of 4 Jibs of butter out of evcrv 100 lbs of butter fat shown by "jests was lost in tl"- making, -a lii<-h incnnt alossof -tl.'M Ms 7(1 for the scri.-on, taking the avompj net price at 7d per lb. A pasteuriser was placed in the factory during the season.