THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 162, 9 July 1907, Page 7

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

The following extract from a lettei forwarded by Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, of London, under date of May 17th, to Messrs. E. Griffith and Co., oi Kew Plymouth, points to a satisfactory outlook for the dairying industry:-— '""You will note on the market report which, we are sending out to-day that all best butters axe selling up closely. Danish is, if anything, in short supply, and very serious competition comes up between the tinner, who, at this season of the year, bay fair stocks and tin for the yearly consumption, and the buyers who buy for this side. Then we would not be at all surprised if there was a slight advance during the next week, but this is, of course, problematic The fact is that Danish butter, particularly the choicest, is selling well, and is wanted, the same applies to Siberian butter to Irish, and the choicest quantity of French in fact; all best I butters are clearing, the only difficulty i being with anything of a secondary j character. These are accumulating, and Iwe fear quite a quantity will be put I into cold store, and must, of necessity, be held over during the summer, unless very low prices are accepted, because the ordinary trade to-day are n ot taking these butters to put over the counter, the fresh made butters being more popular, so that if these butters (had to be sold they would have to be sold to specula-tors who would, in their turn, bold them over for some j favourable market. Whether holding 'these butters over will be advantageous Jor not is, of course, quite an open quesj tion, as it is impossible for anyone to say ijust how the make in Siberia will be, lor what quantity will be produced in j France, Ireland or at Home. Everything at the present moment, however, points to a good make, and we (should say, given a fair season, that i there will be an increase in the make in j the countries we have mentioned over last year. On the other hand we have to put against this there is an unquestionable increase in consumption going on, and the consumption of butter by the middle and lower classes is inj creased year by year and pretty rapidly. The reason of this, we ihink, is pretty evident, viz., that with the facilities for cold storing and extra care which is now being taken with butter by the agents, and by the purchasers, tends to make butter more popular, and more is eaten because it gets on the table in better condition, and has of necessity a very much better and more palatable flavour than when, as in the old days, it was left lying about for days, weeks, and in some cases months. Take our own ease. For example, we sell a man 20, 30 or 50 boxes, as the case may be, they are kept in cold store, he has them home two or three at a. time, as he wishes, and he only puts them on the counter from our store as he wants them, and they are not allowed to deteriorate in any way. This is becoming each year more and more the custom amongst the retailers, so that though, of course, there is a limit to all things, we look for a still further increase in the consumption of butter and can see no reason why larger quantities should not be required in the near future."