THE BUTTER TRADE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12592, 7 September 1906, Page 4

THE BUTTER TRADE.

Mx Samuel Turner, the butter and cheese expert from Home, with -whom interviews obtained in other parts of the cotony have boen published rearrived in Christchurch on Wednesday. In tho course of a short interview with a "Press" reporter Mr Turner predicted rosy returns for tho dairy farmers. The prospects, for cheese are quite exeeptiouiul, the price in London behig 133 higher mow than last year. Mt Turner says that cheese wiJI realise 6id net-at tho factory here this year, and any farmer who sells for less will lose money. Amongst the reasone for this ais© in. giice may be mentioned the scarcity of milk all ever the world, the drought in South America, the «reatly increased consumption of butter and cheese ocmsequent upon the tinned meat scandals, and the total wreck of a Canadian ship with 37,000 cases of cheese on. board. As regards butter, record prices are expected. Some years ago Danish, butter touched 1445, but this year it is expected greatly to exceed this figure. Mr Turner believes that butter consigned' from New Zealand will net lljd at the factory with all charges off. Australian is selling now at lljd to HJd-, a ™l it is anticipated that the seasom will open at ll«e to 120e. Pricee have increased 2s in the past week. The very low retail prices in England have caused an enormous demand which will not be curtailed until Is 4d is reached. The British public need to look en 6d ac tho price for cheese, but row, poor Statee-made cheese not being on the market, and Canadian and New Zealand qualities having much improved, Bd' is considered a reasonable price. England usually produces five times her total imports of cheese, but climatic conditions this spring and summer will mean a scarce production, and this will put up prices. Sir Turner says that when New Zealand knows as much as Denmark about tho distribution, of dairy produce the farmers will stop selling and will only consign their produce. Improved stock is required, as economies in land can thereby be effected. By scientific dairying the value of land hero could be , doubled. As regards pasteurisation, butter is thereby made more- delicate and richer and firer in flavour, but Mr Turner thinks pasteurised butter would not keep on a long voyage.