GRADING RETURNS.
SEASON’S INCREASE 12.0 “
WELLINGTON, Jan. 13
During December the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture graded 11.997 tons of salted and 018 tons of unsalted butter, compared with V 1,012 waited and 017 unsalted in December 1926, an increase of 8.4 per cent. For the five months ended December 39,239 tons of salted and 2258 tons unsalted were graded compared with 34,557 and 1058 tons respectively in the corresponding period a year ago.
Cheese graded in the month just ended totalled 8261 tons of white and 4271 tons of coloured, a decrease of 2.0 per cent, on December, 1920. when the quantities were 8551 and 4324 tons. Quantities for five months just past were 22,888 tons white. 12.221 tons coloured, against 22.610 and 11,223 tons respectively in 1926. Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent there is an increase of 12.0 per cent, in production for the five months compared with the 1926-27 season. Stocks held in the various grading ports at December 31 fit. last were . butter 7255 tons, cheese 90-58 tons, compared with 10,74 , tons butter and 10.045 tons cheese on December 12th. 1926.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1928, Page 3
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188GRADING RETURNS. Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1928, Page 3
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