HOT FACTORY RETURNS.
LARGELY INCREASED SUPPLIES The November returns for the three dairy factories in the Morrinsville district show that there have been increases in (lie amount 1 of butter-fat' supplied, the increase in the case of the Tatua Co. being about 30 per cent, and at the Morrinsville factory about 14 per cent. The Norfolk Co. also shows increased supplies. This extra production is not due entirely to extra suppliers, but mainly to im-' proved and larger herds. The advaee payments have in two cases increased'by 3d and 4d per lb respectivcly, but in the third there has been a decrease of 2d per lb. The following are the November returns of each factory, the figures fov' November, 1922, being given m parent hescs:---NORFOLK. Milk, 1,435,2141 b (JL,3G0,9931b) but-ter-fat, 85,626.81 b (58,37(3.71b)j payment at is id (Is Gd) per lb, £B7OB 8s (V! (£4002 18s 2d); average test, 15.8 (3.0). MORRINSVILLE. Butter-fat, 90,7581 b (79,0021 b); payment'at Is 5d Us 2d) per lb, £6420 lis 5d (£4602'2s Od). TATUA. Milk, 2.591,0041 b (2,098,6381 b) ; but-tor-fat, 93,1021 b (75,4001 b); payment at la 4d (Is) -per lb, £6206 17s 2d j(£T77O); average test, 3.(5 (3.6).
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Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 499, 24 December 1923, Page 4
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195HOT FACTORY RETURNS. Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 499, 24 December 1923, Page 4
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