DAIRY OUTPUTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 17, 15 October 1907, Page 2

DAIRY OUTPUTS.

SALE OR CONSIGNMENT? A well-known Wairarapa dairying author-ity-informed our correspondent that ho was Burpri'sod at tho.ready manner in which tho farmers were prepared to soil their. butter outputs right out instead of 'consigning.' If it was.good enough :for tho middldmah to mako'a profit,'it was good enough for tho farmor. Tho middleman did not go into the business out ,of pure philanthropy.' Tho Wairarapa cheeso companies sold oh consignment,, and did'wolK The sheep farmers w:-o consigned their wool' invariably got. better prices than those who sold straight out. With roferenco to tho butter, tho prico depended much on'tho manner in which it was disposed of in, Great Britain, and this fact should not bo lost sight of by the Government, which might, perhaps, givo a further helping' hand to the industry. Ono of tho. big New Zealand produce firms made a point' of refusing .to sell ■ its first-grado butter in. bulk. Instead of adopting that proceduro, tho firm sold only to retail traders nover moro than thrco boxes at a timo. The result was', a : much higher price all round. Thoro was no reason why our dairy coin-' panics should not run their business'oh similar lines, if thero were somo competent representative to nrrango details in tho United Kingdom.