BRITAIN'S DAIRY FARMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 4

BRITAIN'S DAIRY FARMS.

DENMARK LEADS IN BUTTER. NEW ZEALAND IN CHEESE.

The following particulars of imports of dairy produce into Britain are supplied Board— W Zealand Dairy Produce IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIV SEVEN MONTHS ENDED JULY 3L BUTTER.

1925. 192*5. 19°7 From cwts. cwts. cwts! Spssia 139.347 133 490 IK? 7fvr Finland 100.966 126.290 5=22*-::: .Jf x |f Netherlands 45,267 98.711 unite? s.::: 3 -e fShF?&" 311 ' 850 3K - 957 320. W5 State *1 <0.458 221 071 tiq Australia .. 898,570 526 515 rafri Ca e na£T land 84 |-«« SlliSo Other "" • 8614 404 Countries 32,957 106.041 90,875 Total cwts. 3,857,509 3,669,072

Striking features of the above table are the increased contributions from Den- ? as he result of increased tariff barriers on the Continent, has been market O-nn fw J her , exploit the 712 if ,VPP°nents of control claim that this ?' aSßiSted the Danea in Australian supplies have fallen off heavily, and Argentine slightly, whilst the C cT^ hUt r ,° f the United States -and Canada has been negligible. New Zealand s Quota is virtually unaltered in comparison with last year, and the same remark apphea to the aggregate table

CHEESE. From ewt«" or'?' 59 '~" -Netherlands 7».4M nZasr, v"'% Italy 04 fjc i 3*> United S. .. 0 4r>y 55.182 Australia .. tjS 714 j>'ie~ «,' ,05; ' .-si? Countries 1T,87.' 33,510 42.273 Total cwts. 1,8:54.167 i,«tt,208

positional u m fu aßises the outstanding P ition held by this countrv in regard to w.th Se th, a^ Ur)remaCy that is accc °tuated »un the passing years.