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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND Ca '{Extract from the "Taranaki Co-opera-tor," April Ist, 1933.) IS IT A TRAP? BCTTER EXPORTS RESTRICTION. HELP TO DANISH DAIRYMEN. T>ECAUSE of the low price of butter, Great Britain has sent an urgent appeal to Australia and New Zealand, suggesting that, for the time being, some restriction be placed on butter exports. It is doubtful whether this appeal will be heeded, because jt seems as if the Dominions are being asked to assist in preventing a debacle of Danish dairying. Evidently, the moves emanates from the British financial interests that have their capital invested in Denmark. In well-informed circles it is felt that the appeal for a restriction of exports owes its origin not to the paternal interest in Empire dairymen, but to the fact that the dairying industry of Denmark has been seriously affected by current low prices. Continental farmers are involved in heavy expenditure through the necessity for housing their cattle during the winter months and because of the cost of importing feed to keep them in production. Unable to finance their operations from the low returns, thousands of Danish dairymen have been driven out of business. Obviously they would benefit from an immediate rise in prices brought about by a restriction of Empire imports, and it is only natural that wires should be pulled by interested individuals to protect the industry in that country. Will Empire countires, unwittingly, provide that protection? A BARREN COW REPRESENTS A DEFINITE LOSS! HOW TO INCREASE YOUR A cow which goes barren represents a dead loss to its owner. Whereas an ordinary milch cow in calf will fet-h as much as £7 to £lO, even the best barren cow is worth only about £5. How many times have you lost this sum of £5 per year? It is common enough for five cows out of 20 to go barren every year. This represents five times £s—a total loss of £25 every year on 20 cows. Knowledgable farmers agree that this "turning to the bull" has increased in almost direct ratio to the increase of milk production per cow. The higher the inherent productive power the greater is the risk of undernourishment, because the increased production demands a speeding up of the recharging of the blood, and more efficient action of all the bodily organs on which the blood depends. Certain vital elements are necessary to these organs and to the blood—elements in which the ordinary ration is deficient. All these elements are concentrated in "LIXIT" lodised Minerals; thus by adding "Lixit" to the daily ration, all such deficiencies are made good. LIXIT lODISED MINERALS FOR CATTLE AND SHEEP. For further information on this subject write to: THE MINERAL LICK SPECIALISTS: H. MATSON and CO., 147 Cashel street, Christchurch. New Zealand is not at all favourably disposed towards a restriction either of export or production. The view is held that the only sound policy for New Zealand's welfare is to aim at the attainment of free trade with Great Britain before the expiration of th.2 Ottawa Agreement. The Premier (Mr G. W. Forbes) has also pointed out that the Ottawa Agreement expressly stipulated that New Zealand (and Australian) dairy produce would be guaranteed entry to Great Britain without restriction or duty for at least three years. It is known, however, that cables have been passing between Australia and New Zealand on the subject of a restriction of exports. If it is decided to restrict exports, the future is fraught with many possibilities, the chief of which are:— (1) Such action may not achieve the desired results of lifting prices, in which case the dairying countries of the world would find themselves in much the same position as America with her unsaleable wheat. (2) Empire countries would be used as the instrument to save the Danish farmers, many of whom sooner or later must be driven from their farms because of our ability to produce cheaper butter than they. At the moment, it looks as though Empire countries, because of the low prices at which their product has been available, have an advantage over Denmark in the fight for control of the British market, but a temporary respite, such as the restriction of exports by Empire countries would give, might enable her to regain the top position. The reason advanced for Great Britain's desire that exports should be r stricted is that the higher prices would help her own producers. The same result could be achieved by compulsorily restricting Danish imports, while allowing Empire butter free access to the British markets. That, we think, was the spirit of Ottawa, and, although the attitude may appear selfish, it is, in the circumstances, the only logical one. H. MATSON and CO. M 6735