THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8027, 13 January 1906, Page 3

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

EXPORTS FROM NEW PLYMOUTH. LOW TEMPERATURE OF SHIPMENTS. The export of butter and cheese from the Moturoa Freezing Works at New Plymouth may now be said to have reached high-water mark, the shipment which the Corinna will take away on Monday constituting a record for a fortnight's accumulation at the Works. To-dalc, New Plymouth has exported, for transhipment to the undermentioned vessels at Wellington : 1!) 0 5 Boxes Sept. 28 Turakina 1,597 Cc'. 9 Corinthic 3.949 Oct. 26 Paparoa 0,213 Nov. 6 Kmuara 8,088 Nov. 23 Ruapehu 11,222 Dec. 7 Gothic 12,957 Dec. 21 Rimutaka 11,667 Dec. 21 Devon 2,53) 1906. Jan. 4 lonic 11,393 TO SAIL— Jan. 15 Tongariro 12,529 Jan. 15 Morayshire- 3,171 Total 88,316 At a reasonable estimate of £2 10s per 561b box, the total shipments represent a value of not less than j £220,790 for butter. I For the same period 4,729 cases of chccßc (all except 11 cases, first grade) were exported. At 69s per cwt. the total value of the cheese cxportations was £18,360, or a grand total of £239,150. Should the present high market be maintained and the yield expectations be realised, the half-million sterling mark is not without the bounds of possibility. It is very satisfactory to note that i the Motoma Works, thanks to their ■ up-to-date equipment and accommodation, continue to lead in the all-im. i portant matter of transhipping at low i temperature. As has been inferred, despite that the transhipment here from works to hold takes from six : to eight hours, the temperaturo at i which the butter is shipped is lower ! than that of any grading worts in the ] Colony. Taking four shipments for example, the Kumara's transhipment was loaded at New Plymouth at an average temperature of 11 degrees above zero, transhipped at Wellington at 19 degrees; Ruapehu 10 and 16; Rimutaka 9 and 19; and Gothic 9 and 19 respectively. The figures speak for themselves, but their real valuo may only be correctly gauged by ' making the comparison with shipment temperatures at other ports, an invidious comparison which we do not feel called upon to make at present.