DAIRYING IN CAMBRIDGE.

Shannon News, 2 March 1928, Page 1

DAIRYING IN CAMBRIDGE.

£177,000 DISTRIBUTED THIS SEASON.

It speaks well for the productivity of the Cambridge district and of the great importr.r.ce of the dairying industry to the community as a whole when it is stated that since the beginning of the present season the two loc’jl companies have distributed the huge sum of £177,324 to their suppliers for but-ter-fat. supplied. It is also of interest to note that of the co-operative companies in the Waikato, apart from the big N.Z. Dairy Company, the Cambridge Company heads the list for payments for butter-fat supplied with £153,700. The total represents £103,800 for cheese and £47, 950 for butter. For butter-fat supplied for January the company is advancing £22,500, of which £16,800 is for cheese on the basis of Is 4d and £5700 for butter on the basis of Is 3d. Compared with the corresponding period of last year there has been a decrease of 19,0001bs in the but-ter-fat supplied. » Cheese production started on August 20th, the advance in respect of that month being £3700. The other monthly payments were: September, £15,800; October, £23,000; November, £24*500; December, £22,000; and January, £16,800. For butter: June, £3950; July, £3400; 'August; £6500; September, £5500; October, £7700; November, £7900; December, £7300, and January,