BUTTER AND CHEESE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 396, 3 July 1928, Page 12

BUTTER AND CHEESE

AUCKLAND’S RECORD YEAR SEASON OF HEAVY PRODUCTION

Despite the fact that the dairying season, which closed on Saturday, saw one of the longest spells of dry weather experienced in the province for several years, the aggregate production of butter-fat fell little short of last year's record figures. Returns of the actual butter produced constituted a provincial record, but the figures for cheese were well below those of previous record years. Butter produced, according to returns supplied by the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Co., Ltd., amounted to 1,918,033 boxes, 11.039 more than in the previous dairying year, and constituted a further provincial record in this respect. Cheese, however, registered the effects of the dry spell to a considerably greater degree, the total production of 157.225 crates being 24,552 crates less than in the 1926-27 season. In terms of butter-fat the aggregate recorded production for the province over the season was 100,369,10011). compared with 101,446,200 lb in 1926-27, a decrease of little over 1 per cent. DETAILS OF THE RETURNS The following table shows the monthly receipts of boxes of butter and crates of cheese at the grading stores of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company for the year, compared with the corresponding figures for the two preceding dairying years: BETTER

TRADE IN KAURI GUM INCREASE IN PRODUCTION The Kauri Gum Control Board reports that prices obtained during the fortnight ended yesterday were as follows; White Gum.—Fair three-quarter white range, 140 s; East. Coast ordinary, 110 s; washed range, 80s; range nuts, 60s to 655. Black Gu itk» —Rescraped steel, 140 s; washed steel, SOs; light brown, 46s to 655; nuts, 24s to 265; sifted chips, 21s to 235. . . There were no sales of poor chips. Returns of the kauri gum received in Auckland stores for the past six months show an increase over the figures for the corresponding periods of the two previous months. Figures for the past four years are as follows: — 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. January .. 525 402 265 278 February . . 492 389 198 307 March .. .. 520 452 441 411 April .... 482 338 317 295 May .. .. 330 332 227 390 June .. .. 395 262 359 331 Total .... 2,744 2,275 1,852 2,012. N.S.W. WHEAT PROSPECTS (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 10.35 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. The wheat prospects in New South Wales are most promising, although good rains in the western division are required. The grasshopper plague has almost disappeared. SYDNEY STUD SHEEP SALES (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 10.35 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. Following the annual sheep show, the Sydney stud sales have now begun. One special Merino sire from the Hay district, was bought by a South African, Mr. J. Grobler for 1,200 guineas; another from the Boonoke stud for 1,100 guineas; another from Haddon Rig for 1,100 guineas. Altogether 110 rams made an average of £268 12s.

1927-28. 1926-27. 1925-26. Boxes. ao r^ 9,653 68.036 48,497 43,466 September . : nnn 125,383 209,097 111,266 1 S3,459 . 804,666 . 314,792 258,099 295,995 January February . 224,117 . 178,560 . 154,528 246,153 208,211 204,S16 203,887 165,456 160,285 . 120,70<\. 153.640 109.076 103,395 60,440 20,348 June .. . 45,839 43,855 1,918,033 1,906,994 1,571,502 CHEESE. 1927-28. 1926-27. 1925-2G. Crates. Crates. 1,427 Crates. 889 August . . . 2,028 1,215 1,260 September 10,172 8,610 17^046 20,634 2J.157 21,881 October 17,316 24,035 ii:Sl 25,485 11:811 21,674 16,071 21,661 March. . . . 13,312 11,307 20,854 16,159 19,354 13,504 12,218 June .. . 4,544 5,226 3,558 157,255 181,807 162,742