THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Shannon News, 22 September 1925, Page 3

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

AUGUST PAY-OUTS. As was generally expected the opening advances for butter and cneese this season are very satisfactory, though generally there Is a slight- falling off in supplies due to the continued cold weather and shortage of grass. The dairy herds all over tiie country have come through the winter badly and, many fanners have been caught unprepared with sufficient fodder. A retired local dairy farmer remarked to a “Chronicle” reporter on Saturday that in his long experience it had been unwise to expect the pastures to come away before the end of September or to be short *oif hay before October, whatever the early winter promised, it was better, he said, to have ample supplies at the end of the winter than to bfe too. lavish at the beginning. The latest advices from London, received in Levin this morning, indicate a continued Arming of the butter market, unsalted being quoted at 106 s. Meanwhile llic shipping strike is interfering- with the produce getting away on this side and dairy company "directors are being caused some anxiety as to the immediate future. Developments in the liold-up will be awaited, with interest. The following are the August payouts made on Saturday by the local a mil Manawatu factories; — Levin Dairy Company, Is Bd. New Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union, butter Is 7.Jd. Whakaronga, cheese Is Bd, butter Is 7d. Kairanga, butter Is Bd, cheese Is Bd. Awahuri, butter Is Bd. Newbury, cheese, Is Bd. Shannon, butter Is 9d.