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Grade Points and Grade Classification of Creamery Butter graded for Export

Whey Butter graded for Export

Grade Points and Grade Classification of Cheese graded for Export

Dairy-produce Grading The following comments cover the main aspects of the past season's output from the point of view of the officers who grade the produce prior to export: — Grading Standards. —The standard of butter and cheese grading at the various stores is mainly on fairly uniform lines, although, to some extent, Graders at the smaller ports are handicapped in not having more lines for comparison purposes. The latter naturally tends to some leniency when grading

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Year ended 31st March, Total Graded. Average Grade Points. Finest Total Finest. Grade. 1 94 Points | and Over. ■ 1 First Grade. Under First. Tons. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 1947 119,113 93-376 82-94 41-27 16-86 0-19 1946 107,582 93-245 80-28 32-09 19-49 0-22 1945 119,781 93-402 84-72 40-38 1 15-10 0-17 1944 94,972 93-391 83-66 41-59 16-03 0-30 1943 110,542 93-173 77-87 35-22 21-66 0-46 1942 109,707 93-335 82-22 38-01 17-45 0-32 1941 138,745 93-253 80-50 34-65 18-94 0-55 1940 123,349 93-361 81-21 42-11 i 18-25 0-53 1939 129,277 93-373 82-42 40-02 17-06 0-51 1938 145,596 93-371 | 83-07 39-97 16-40 0-52

Year ended 31st March, Tons. Average Grade Points. First Grade. 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 2,406 2,658 2,779 2,343 2,274 3,078 2,766 1,782 1,904 1,820 88-451 88-387 88-503 88-479 88-491 88-502 88-559 88-536 88-152 88-263 Per Cent. 82-58 86-37 94-26 91-88 92-74 94-57 96-05 97-31 94-59 89-69

Year ended 31st March, Total Graded. Average Grade. Finest Grade. First Grade. Under First. Tons. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 1947 86,624 92-257 33-84 62-66 3-49 1946 90,523 92114 25-33 69-84 4-82 1945 94,140 92-121 25-94 69-71 4-34 1944 85,100 92-064 21-43 74-21 4-35 1943 109,955 92-032 18-69 77-33 • 3-97 1942 148,331 91-839 21-11 71-00 7-88 1941 114,355 92-048 "20-43 74-77 4-79 1940 86,486 92-065 17-06 79-32 3-61 1939 84,236 92-133 17-41 79-64 2-94 1938 86,012 91-934 10-84 84-61 4-54