BUTTER IN STORE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 3

BUTTER IN STORE.

'.RESERVES DWINDLINC. ; . A CLOSE FINISH. Tho butter in the. Now Zealand public cool ■itores on July 31 is officially reported to have been as 'ifollows: — - \ J , , Jpwt. Boxes. ■ Auckland ... ' ...- ... 4133 .- '■■'-New Plymouth ... '5106 ... .r ■".'. Patea ' . ..... ... •• _ 2500' / Wellington ... . ... - ... 4543. ..Lyttelton ... ... nil . Dunodin : . ... ... ... 449 ' ° Total ... ... ' ...17,031 • • At tho l same date'last year the quantity in storeiwas 27,119-"boxes. . ... ' ; These/figures of the present year indicate a- close"finish' to the storcd-butlor .season— a'finish jthat \will leaVe ; ; very • little; stored butter'to..be sacrificed; at : a . lower ; figuro on the British market,' and very! little stalo butter, for local 'people! to, eat. ' There .will be ■ genuideVfresh butter in its place when the 17,000 boxes have becn-.got-.rid of, ,and less complaint's should be h'eard'among the consumers. . -' ;l'/.---.v {■ '-Apparently tho- southern ' firms, do' not share: the; belief held, by some that there is going ltd (ie'^"a,'.butter famine, for a few, days before tho new season'.is supplies substantial; dimensions." : '.. ; .-They have, obviously not purchased heavily; in any" fear-of a riso in .prices'/for;thera : is not 12 tons of. stored ■ butter i'epo'rted iii tho whole' of the South Island. v- • ■.During- Jiine it • was.' comput-ed that about ,14.816. boxes ,of . butter wero. taken from tho cold stores for loial. use, !16,CG3 boxes wore exported;'and the"month ended with 40,178 '.boxes ifi' store. ' 'The the end of .. July sh6w.that 23,147 boxes have been with-.drawn-'during the. month; Of this qnautity : ' some 'has;-' been / exported,; ; but. .the' actual figures'iEfre'; not; yet ,at' liarid.'.j' j.'lt .is'reason-. . "able' .'to* '' .'.in'' viewof tho ■; Small ;■ quantity' in';.the'; stores,'..so,me.'bf; tho . firms with -storage 'Suffioieflt' for current local lieeds; and prob-'

- ably the 1 current output of the .dairy farms_ ' , .themselves reached 'its lowest - ebb . during" - July, necessitating' a; heavier drain, than usual > on the reserves..". The dairy farms, however, 'irill produco more butter-fat this month • . . thanY'lost,' •' as'-iii i nfany peases the ; cowsare ..calvingragidly.. ' Tho' winter has been so • favourable that! the season' will open under t{i(\ :l>g§t possiblo auspice's -in; regard'j to' food it;would,.perhaps not be unduly ; optimisticj ; to': anticipate' thai ,the : butter re- ; quiredi';from the:-.stores for *loci»l use.; during '. ■ Augiisfe jvill ibe less , than' the .'amount used in r not,'i more :thajn 12,000) boxes. ViTOis vwould.'feaye; over', 5000; boxes remaining quantity .'amply sufficient, in all . human' . probability^till.the = middle_of September.By , .'.that.itimo»the; ; dairy factories should be pro-ducing.-.all::the:butter that the local .market requires".The;butter people have certainly , cut thing^lrery-fine this Sea'souj'-but it seems .. as -if results are' 'gping' .to fit in''very -.the:old: saying, "All's well■: that ends •troll.". . .

y BUTTER IN BRITAIN. ■ i i:./ ■■ U EXCESS DIMINISHING' ' There is apparently.;still plenty of butter .'s°ing rl uito Britain, although .tho excess over .ast yedr's quantities. is!becoming less'marked,. Messrs. Dalgety.'s figures aro as ■ follow :— ißritish Imports of.Butter. '• InWeek ■. , - 1907. J ■ 1908. crease - ondpd:'. cwt.-,[ ' cwt.. .. . cwt. .Ju1y.'4.... .84,000 - : 93,000 ,9.000 ■ July,.ll .V.. .83,000-,., '95,000 12)000 July 18 .89,000..... 98,000' 9,000 . " July 25 99,000- 100,000. -I,ooo'. . .. i' . .- Total increase, four, weeks 31,000 - 'A-slight taking place, but this is eipfct'ed tb' be recovered.in;a few weeks: DAIRY PRIZES. ;: : 1; " THE -ALLOCATION' OF. POINTS. .

. The.suggestiori ;(says: our Auckland -corres-: ■ / 'ponclerit)for f*{substantial' • increase of • tho ■ ' . - ,prizes 'offered' to; dairy_factory managers in vwith i'thevgradingi points competi- ■ ition .for.,,butter . during- the season came'before a riieetmg.of the Auckland Agrii • 'cultural.and Pastoral Association on Friday. ' It.was reported that the Weddel Cup and a , total of £75 ,19s. had'beeri offered at last winter: show in the points competition, and a totalof £25 in the class for-butter i : .kept a-certain , period . in.; cpld> store; ..This - ybar, as no'Aucldand winter, show was .held, ■ ■ • tho ipnzes. dropped to tho Weddel Cup and; a • total of. £10 Mn jtho'gradinglpoints .competi-. tion. "It was also'suggested that,the Associa;tibn- should reserve the^,'right-to attach the grading pomts to the) first three butters, only, lnstead.ofallas was previously done. ; ''I . -"Mrr R.-Dick: said .'thfti as "the, Association- / , had decidedjto hold a winter, show this.year,\ ' i. ' '■'it'should,raise thV.prizes -to tho'standard: of- . ;;.thd : to 'a. 'higher 1 : standard,",to encourage; all-the dairy factory managers lpjthc province .to", compete. At his suggestions ofi Messrs.J.; Massey, J. D. Rutherford, Av A.;Thornton, . . D,M!Go\ton, r.and the, mover, was set up to v'consider proposal and report.-. , iCpOD NEWS. OF T.HE CROPS. .werpi;;'■'rom'-ali paMs of tie-Dominion there comes 1 Suez,'; ieVs-.of the crops ancl' the grass; good ~i.v.. if ! tHp'.condition-' of ,'stock'; ' arid. ; gbod ( : - ) ;-V 1 ;" : the-outlook generally.,. An unusually.; T>nnN -■ ■ -moer,bf ; sheep,'including hoggets, 'are ■ vni?Pi 'V'' '/forward condition,.and a few-weeks', > GNEIS -' ; «er s vili; bring; them ;to the, freezing. \. SEYDL ' ■■•//pUnloss . wdi get- something unusually: ' BREMEi ■ '•*■ho -weather department, things-will- ■ BOON* for'tho coming season as far. as' . YOKCK ;>..|'ily is concerned. This applies to FRIEDR ''-n'as.'well as to stock-raising. . ' GKC , * . - 1 — •SOUR FOR JERSEY . BREEDERS. 'Pares; ' ' ■' .- \ ■ First, SU -jbd PLUNKET AS PATRON. v froin £A> - t-. V" £16 to a. .}Jew Zealand Jersey Breeders' ■ Asso* 'TO M . i''jays . our Manriwatu . correspondent) ■ Regular- ,^\ ? 3i}-..aji intimation .that His ExcclSteamers AAi'decided. to .accept the' position of to HOXC . -.••*. . .'. 1 connecting /, V 31,' - : . . nightly Exp*. If" , Fares fron i!,tOROWING ENTERPRISE. . JMs'.l7(-,. ■ —— First. -£lir.,;.iSi mm3; 'Goyernment,Eoi9blogist,' . • gs : - Manawdtu correspondent ; that l Mr. H. M. Downs, a Nativo, has 1 .lAK--'anted .on his'farm'3ooo: nuxed fruit trees-, l ijost; of them:being threo. years old. -"He intends to plant an additional 100 acres this .season'-. /The soil _is ' well adapted ,to ■. • \ fruitgrowing, arid Mr. Downs intends to give > his-'white'brothers a lesson in this important industry. '• . , 4

MONEY IN CARROTS. ■ Both in Manawatut and in the Feilding district there is. a great demand >for field carrots'this season,-, and one Feilding fanner' -who indulges in mixed farming, and had a few acres of roots,,is reaping a ..profitable harvest. ' . -, r . i, ' ■ AN IMPROVING INDUSTRY. • . mjoNS TO BUNNYTHORPE CHEESE FIFESH . m' : FACTORY. NORFC i( i L ij 0I i s have been made to the cheeso ~y ' ~?t Bunnythorpe, as an increased ANnTi r'contemnlated .for next season. , ' ;:)g round the- district (savs our ■ Firt f jorrespondent), .I " noticed that Third-' • i'tst few months the work of . the Fitted-tlirc --'fctor has not been unavailing. Return Tic- ■. -ommon sight to see a dairyman arranged. •.n engaged in bringing his cow-. ..lid shed "up to the requirements of tho authorities, and in some instances new sheds ■ are in course of construction.