DAIRY FACTORY RETURNS.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 221, 26 January 1928, Page 6

DAIRY FACTORY RETURNS.

FIGURES FOR DECEMBER. General Decrease in Supply. The extent to w r hich the dry spell has affected dairying in the Morrinsville district is partially revealed by the returns for December of the dairy companies operating in the district. In all cases a drop on November figures is recorded, as the following will illustrate : Morrinsville Dairy Company, pounds butterfat, December 236,876, November 240,869 ; Tatuanui, pounds milk, December 2,607,026, November 2,693,380 ; Norfolk/ pounds milk, December 1,382,316, November 1,407, It might be mentioned that the Morrinsville Company still shows a substantial increase, in supply over December, 1926, while an increase is also revealed in the case of Norfolk. The supply at Tatua is lower thin for December of last season, but at a higher rate of payout the distribution is slightly higher. The rates of payout for butter are, in common with other parts of the province, low, in consequence of depression on the Home market, but cheese seems to be firm, and a steady rate of payout has been maintained by the two cheese companies in the district. Tatua is paying out at the rate of Is 5d per pound butterfat, and Norfolk at Is 6d, which exceeds last year’s rate in the first case by 2d and in the second by 4d. The returns for December are as follow, the figures for December, 1926, being given in parentheses:—

Morrinsville. Pounds butterfat, finest 234,845, first-grade 1980, second-grade 51, total 236,876 (191,187 first-grade, 1366 second-grade, total 192,558) ; payout Is 2d (Is lid) ; total distribution £13,812 4s 2d (£10,773 6s lid). Tatua (Tatuanui). Pounds of milk 2,607,026 (2,695,474); average test 3.94 (3.93); pounds of butterfat 102,768 (106,068) ; pounds of cheese 280,649 (283,984) ; payout Is 5d (Is 3d) ; total distribution £7279 8s (£6508 6s). Norfolk (Motumaoho). Pounds milk 1,382,316 (1,344,820) ; average test 4.09 (4.08) ; pounds butterfat 55,629.8 (54,854.9) ; payout Is 6d (Is 2d) ; total distribution £4247 5s (£3201 12s 6d). Sunny Park (Te Poi). Pounds milk 1,576,025 (2,023,070) ; average test 3.69 (3.64) ; pounds cream 72,116 (47,960), test 40.4 (43.4) ; pounds butterfat (butter) 29,113.2 (21,220.1) ; pounds butterfat (cheese) 58,168.1 (73,797) ; total butterfat 87,301.3 (95,019.1) ; payout, butter Is 2d (Is Id) ; total distribution £1699 8s 6d (£1159 8s 4d) ; payout, cheese Is 4d (Is 2d) ; total distribution £3877 17s 4d (£4304 18s).