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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8443, 10 August 1911, Page 5

Some interesting information is given with regard to the dairying industry of Denmark by Mr Consul Liddell, iff. bis report on the trade and commerce." of Denmark for the year. 1909. HeN writes as follows with regard to butter;. :- ' 1n'1909 tlie i>rices of dairy, produce • . were low. The. production; •of - butter ••" in the summer of 1909 wa& .considerable, and. the export slightly increased. The trade in Danish butter was fairly satisfactory througheut the year, there being no,violent fluctija^ions or subsequent periods of depression as in. 1908. The trade was steady and uni- , form, profitable both to buyer and seller. Tho average price of butter, according to the Danish official quotation,, was about 99 £r, (£5 10s) in 1909, whiehVis abouS'3 kr. (3s 4Jd) lees than in 1908, when the quotations in February reached 124 kr. and 125 kr. (£6 Pb Ud and £6 19s). Tn 1909 the total export of Danish butter amounted to.. 178,426,0001b5, against 177,863,700 lbs in. 1908 and 171.303,4001bs in 1907. Of-this quantity 170,841,7001bs went to the 1 United Kingdom and 6,482,5001bs to Oermany. The export of foreign bnfcter was 13.031,7001bs to tho. United Kingdom and 8,390,4001bs to Ger-. many.