AUCKLAND’S BUTTER-FAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 501, 2 November 1928, Page 12

AUCKLAND’S BUTTER-FAT

BIG INCREASE IN OUTPUT Production, 12 per cent, in advance of the record figures for last season, is shown in the October dairy produce returns for the Auckland Province, according to figures supplied by the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company. Returns for the first four months of the current season are 15 per cent, greater than those for the corresponding period of last season. When it is considered that last season’s figures over the period constitute a record, the importance of this season’s -increase in producUon can be realised. An analysis ot the figures shows a marked increase m the production of cheese. „ f l n, l l°. Wlns ' 2 ,r \ tlle dc tails of production °| butter ncl cheese, in terms of pounds of butter-fat, for the first four months' «/L urrent dair y in S Year, compared with the corresponding period of last dairying season:—

SYDNEY PRODUCE PRICES (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) SYDNEY, Thursday. The following are to-day’s quotations on the Sydney produce market: Wheat.—Ex trucks, Sydney, 4s 8d- at country stations, 4s Id ' 1 Flour.— £l2. Bran.— £6. Pollard.— £6. Oats.—Algerian. 4s rid: white, 4s Sd Onions.—Victorian, brown j?io. silver-skins, £l6. ' ’ Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £S 10s- Clarence River (new), £l2. Adelaide prices are:— Wheat.—Growers’ lots, 4s Sid to 4s Od Mour.—Bakers’ lots, £ll 15s. Bran.— £6 10s. Pollard.— £7 2s 6d. Oats.—3s 3d.

July .. August . . . September . October 1928, 1,420,530 . 4,304,776 • 8,832,694 13,858,696 1927 1,024,479 3,315,318 8,036,865 12,355,767 Totals 28,416,696 24,732,429