AUCKLAND BUTTER-FAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1000, 17 June 1930, Page 11

AUCKLAND BUTTER-FAT

INCREASE OF 17 PER CENT. I FIGURES FOR 11 MONTHS As predicted from time to time in The Sun, Auckland, dairy produce returns for the season 1929-30 show a decided increase on those of the previous year. Returns for the 11 months to the end of May show production to have been greater by more than 17 per cent.; such an appreciable increase should go a long way toward balancing the fall in prices which has taken place over the past three months. The following table shows the details of the production of butter and cheese in the Auckland Province in terms of pounds of butter-fat for the first 11 months of the current season, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding season:— ‘ 1929-30 1928-29 July 1,308,000 1,420,000 August .. .. 4,132,000 4,305,000 ►September .. 8,696,000 7,995,000 October .. .. 15,310,000 12,356,000 November .. 18,229,000 15,890,000 December .. 19,454,000 16,452,000 January .. .. 17,721,000 16,625,000 February 14,814,000 11,537,000 March .. .. 12,319,000 10,221,000 April 9,927,000 7,002,000 May 5,613,000 4,936,000 Totals .. .. 127,523,000 105.739.000 Figures relating to tho quantity of produce held in store at the end of May, compared with the returns at the corresponding date a year previously, emphasise the pressure that has been placed on cool storage space. At the end of May this year there were 134,661 cwt. of butter and 40.465 cwt. of cheese in store, compared -with 78,027 cwt. and 35,2 51 cwt. respectively on May 31, 192 S.