SALTED BUTTER.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 4

SALTED BUTTER.

NOVEMBER GRADINGS.

The Dairy Division • advised the Manawatu and West Coast Dairy Companies’ Association yesterday that the salted butter graded for November, 1924, amounted to 9694 tons, and unsalted to 659 tons, a total ol’ 10,353 tons, compared'with 8265 tons salted and 839 tons unsalted, a total of 9104 tons for November of last year, an increase of 13.7 per cent. For the -v four months ended November 1924, the respective quantities were 24,666 and 1322 tons, compared with 20,274 and 1333 tons for the corresponding period last season, an increase of 20.2 per cent. Cheese graded for November, 1924, comprised white 6146 tons, coloured 3409 tons, compared with 7075 tons white and 4076 tons cooured for November, 1923, a decrease of 14.3 per, cent. The quantities for the four months ending November, 1924, were, white, 12,578 tons, coloured. 7211 tons, compared with 13,591 tons white and tons coloured for the corresponding period of last season, a decrease of 9.7 per cent. Converting these figures into butter-fat equivalent there was an increase of 10.6 per cent in butter-fat production for tne four months, as compared with the corresponding 193-24 period. Stocks held in the various grading ports at November 30, 1924, were: Butter 4727 tons, cheese 4496 tons. ~