THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 72, 26 March 1928, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Messrs. Allen and Findlay have received lie undermentioned cable from their prin- ■ nulls, Messrs. Armour and Co., dated London, March 23:— [!utter.—Market quiet. New Zealand, salted, 170/ to 174/. per cwt; 172/ ir» 178/. Australian, 166/ to 167/; Danish, M/. Cheese. —Market firm. New Zealand. 09/ to 100/ per cwt. Australian, 96/ to 96/.

Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., have revived the following cable from their Lon- • ' n manager under date March 24.: Butter.—Official quotation, 170/ to 174/ <r cwt; exceptional quality, 176/. our ■ usiness passing. Buyers holding off order "ice Anchor, 176/; firsts, 174. _ Little I'atime buying lower Isvel. Danish, 192/ •O 196/; spot, 194/ f.o.b. Deliveries, New Zealand 1531 tons; stock, 6237 tons. Retail prices unchanged. Cheese.—Market and price* unchanged.

Messrs. A. H. Turnbull and Company ire in receipt of a cable from their princi>il#, Messrs. W. Weddel and Company, .imited, dated London, March 23, read*

■"z as follows:— Danish butter, 192/ to 196/; New Zea•nd unsalted butter, 172/ to 178/; New aland salted butter, 170/ to 174/; market •ict. ~'ew Zealand cheese, whits and coloured, .n' to 100/; market firm; Canadian cheesr white, 106/ to 110/; coloured, 104/ to 10''

RANGITAIKI.

Mthoiifth there was a faliing-off in the ■ rmt at Rangitaiki Dairy Company a lory, due to dry weather condition*, '•re were four ton* two hundredweight "<? butter made last month than in •iiiarv of ln«t year. A# a result of nt rain«, which have created a '"•ndid growth of pasture throughout the "»le of th<* district#. the output haa in■•isfd 'by three-rpuirteri of a ton per day. "■ rnrnpanv j* paying out to suppliers »urn of £17.57'2. which if* at the rate = per lb bulterfnt superfine.