CHEESE FACTORY YIELDS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 18 July 1929, Page 3

CHEESE FACTORY YIELDS

A CHEMIST'S REPORT (P.y Telegraph—Press Association) DAW ERA, 16t.1i July. The "Jlawer* Star” pubLsbe-, to day eleven column ■. o! a ,nqi(wl on cheese factory yields by Mr I'. 0. Vealc, /v search chemist in charge ill' Hie local dairy laboratory. '1 lie report, which is considered lo he of importance to the industry, examines the reasons why .sonic factories’ yields are consistently shown as higher Ilian the great majority here ami in other parts of the Dominion. The second section of the report deals at length with factors influencing the false or theoretical rnlciilalioii of the yield and shows how satisfactory, or even high yields, may he evolved without any true improvements in factory management and without any actual benefit to the supplier. In this section the influence of the test is very thoroughly considered. The process of part-skimming is also shown to have a bearing on tins aspect of the question. After summarising the real and artificial factors which have an influence on the yield, the report concludes with a paragraph devoted to the effect of (he vield ori the pay-out. of the factory showing among other things that Though the supplier to a high yield factory may receive a higher price per lb of -butterfat, it is possible that through reading down of the test he may receive no more in the aggregate than the supplier of a similar quantity of milk to a lower paying factory. The final measure of the prosperity of a cheese factory supplier, the report contends, is the return he secured per. acre.