DAIRY PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 268, 12 November 1935, Page 9

DAIRY PRODUCE.

NEW MARKETING PROPOSALS. FARMERS SEEK INFORMATION. Several interesting questions wore put before Mr. H. E. Davis, London manager of the New Zealand Dairy when he met dairy farmers for the purpose of explaining the new proposals of the board for the marketing of the Dominion's butter and cheese, says the "Christchurch Star-Sun." Some of the information given was as follows: — Question: Why does New Zealand not adopt Denmark's system of having only one grade of butter? Answer: Eventually this will come into operation here. At present the channels of selling in the United Kingdom must be maintained, and to start immediately to put out butter of the one grade would not be wise from a marketing point of view. ■ How much New Zealand butter is sold on grade per cent. What do you think of the speculator? The speculator is responsible for a great deal of the trouble in connection with price fluctuations. It has been known that speculators have held stocks of butter for eight to ten months in the hope of getting a larger profit. By that time, of course, the butter has lost its flavour. Is the world short of fat ?—Yes. Margarine, however, has dropped considerably in consumption, and is being replaced by butter. What has been the result of Denmark's adoption of the group system of marketing? —Denmark has found that it pays in every way, and is much superior to any other system. Will the new system cost the dairy farmer" any more ? —The cost will be no more than under the present unco-ordi-nated system.