THE GOLDEN COW.

Shannon News, 9 March 1923, Page 2

THE GOLDEN COW.

SEASON’S BOUNTIFUL YIELD

. The figures of the Dairy Division of the Agricultural Department show that the salted butter graded for February, 1923, was 140,593 cwt, unsalted 10,341 cwt, compared with a total of 103,790 cwt for February last year, an increase of 45 per cent. For the seven months ended February, 1923, the respective quantities were 982,454 cwt and 66,042 cwt, compared with a total of 737,781 cwt, an increase of 42 per cent. The cheese graded for February, 1923, comprised: White, 110,468 cwt; coloured, 59,252 cwt; compared with 176,357 cwt for February, 1922, a decrease of 3.76 per cent. The totals for the seven months endeg_ February, 1923, were: White, 536,555 cwt; coloured, 298,175 cwt; compared with 892,915 cwt, a decrease of per cent. Converting these figures into their butterfat equivalent, there is an inbrease of 24 per cent in the butterfat production for the seven months as compared with the corresponding period for 1921-22.