DAIRY FACTORIES IN THE COLONY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 1, 3 January 1901, Page 13

DAIRY FACTORIES IN THE COLONY.

The annual list of dairy factories in the Colony, published by the Department of Agriculture, shows a considerable increase in the number of factories and skimming stations. In 1899 the factories numbered 233 and the skimming stations 171, the figures for 1900 being respectively 249 and 202. The North Island, of course, is ahead of the South in the number of factories and tttations, the factories totalling 178 as against 71 in the South, and the skimming stations 156 as against 46. During 1900 the North Island has had an increase of 20 factories and 23 skimming stations, while in the South Island the number of factories has decreased by four ; the skimming stations showing an increase of eight. In Otago there are 42 factories and 30 skimming stations, as against 50 factories and 23 Bkimming stations in 1899.

Mb. F.,Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices onlyOats : Fair to good feed Is 4d to Is 6d ; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d Wheat: milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; fowlB 1 , Is 9d to 2s Id. Potatoes : Northern, L 4; Southern, L 3 15s. Chaff : Inferior, 30s to 40s ; good to prime, 47s 6d to 50s. Straw : pressed 27s ; loose, 28s. Flour : Sacks, L 6 lOg ; 501bs, L 7 ; 251bs, L 7, quiet. Oatmeal : 25lbs, L 9 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9Jd to lOJd. Cheese : Dairy, 5d ; factory, ssd. Eggs, lid. Onions : Melbourne, LB.