AUCKLAND DAIRYING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 925, 19 March 1930, Page 10

AUCKLAND DAIRYING

PRODUCTION INCREASES Highly satisfactory returns for the month of February continue to be rej ported by dairy companies from all 1 parts of the province. On Thursday next the Cambridge i Co-operative Dairy Company will pay I out £26.195 on a basis of Is 4*d a lb j for butter-fat for cheese, and Is lid a | lb for butter-fat for butter, compared : with £22,455 last year, on a higher per I pound of butter-fat basis. ! The Raglan Co-operative Dairy i Company will make a February payment at the rate of Is Id a lb for super-fino butter-fat. The company’s output to date is 331 tons of butter, compared with a total of 325 for the whole of last season. One hundred and fourteen tons of butter, compared with 52 tons last year, were put through by the East Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company during February. Payments to suppliers this season amount to £110.272, compared with £75,167 for the corresponding period of last season Although production at the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Comj pany's factory showed a considerable j advance over last season for February i and for the season to date, the amount ! tc bo paid to suppliers for butter-fat ' tor February shows a decrease of | nearly £6OO, as compared with the figures for February of last year. The j difference is accounted for by the drop | of 3d a lb in the advance. The aggregate payout for the season, as compared with last, is still £1,554 ahead, i The butter-fat received during February, 1030. was 521,3281 b, against 449,5081 b for February of sast year. The output for the season to date is 3,592,3321 b, as against 3,308,7541 b for last season. The payout for February, .1030, at Is 2d a lb-is £31,371, compared with £31,90S at Is 5d a lb. The total for the season to date is £226,027, compared with £224,172 for last season.