AUCKLAND BUTTER OUTPUT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 10

AUCKLAND BUTTER OUTPUT.

~&h ■''■'■ ; 'i V > '":. •■' :■:: ' 'i. -'' ' ! ."^; 'AuckWtf 22.-i'; : l:;. :,,; i '-Last, ;.season: Auckland, exported 4293 tons of W- •-' butter^;to.-..say.*;'_riothing''of;,the' big" quantities '*?■:■•>'.-■'-that wentvjnto-'thorlbcal'-or southern'-markets' •jy.;',.■,■ anditis' confidently expected that'this season --.*'■ ft:. '•-.- average'climatic./conditions)"'will see : a su : \ ■-. '-.'•-' 20-per that-total;*'-A.'- romark•v>; . largo "niimbbY' 'ofi 'farmers-Mare'- -startip" : . ; ' : ;.- : -:- ; : this-;seasoh?-for> the'! first' 'timb,; = .'and' ■ ■.•;,-'.•■"'. ■■:- s 9 1 » 1a ,9% tHem?flfo'gMhg;:in.6n'fhiTly,iblg;lines, ft?: ; ; v-and;laying' : o'ui;; : mouey i :ihvthovbusiness. ; • Ihis, :>."*.':.-.'.; of course, will-pro've. ; n healthy-stimulus 'to' the Mauitry.-VDccauso'vit'-iyill 'result H-v abetter' ':'i'■■"■•■ ■'; country; come the .most favourable:reports reS ; x;>/ gadding the opening of the season, and in some ..)V;.'.'.<>J;the:older-se|tled distrjcts'itho'ro aireiridica-' ;>;/i/: of.tho JjotterVsto'clci'4yi* "•;'- : \f'■'■■ .; -Naturally the butter-buyor:iv'as*abroad'bright l '■;'.':;.» and early .to secure contracts, • and his first 0f-::■.:.?.-.v.fx-fers.to' factories, made, it apparent that -buyers ... '::■},',,:.i were seeking .to'.'rbcbup"themselves.'foiA'losses'on. ;V>X;-;;: r the^latter.part-:of last'season. /The'*factory' •;':,••'. '■<■;■■'' compiles,'however,"have' learned a -good -deal ';;-:>■.in the past-four; years,'and. were not at all'dis--1,; ;Pose'd;.to' chase'-the ■'. buyer, with.: contracts-, for '; : ,.':.-. --the.season's output, not one sale'being' effected V: •.:'.;.; at the' prices first offered.. .The buyers started- .,•:,;'"; at 10d.,then rose to; 10Jd-> to IOJd., to IOJd., to ''■■ . Ifjd.,.to 103d.,'.and,- np- to;the..present 'only a ..-:v;,-: ~.few.. sales have Ibee'nl oll'ectedVs These"Have been* Vv.; : v^'a.tfrbm'loJd/-tp;>lCtj;d^'i;'^«:!«V.i.v.-;>.? • .; ;• ■;;-. : 'v.:- offers.having-,becnßefused, the fac- ■-; ";W; tories, generally-.deyidetl to consign -the butter, ;,=;.v;-.'.-.'■'. on their.'-bwn^accouhf, r 'and''comparaUvely''feW ■H : \ .">,-. contracts-.have, been Last ,sea^on-the -,. 1 .-,.' I';'opening .offers :were, at; 10id., and, the price ;was ;;';;:-' ' .-.forced -up-'to'.jlMi -at "which' figure", infiny ? fa'c'■.W'":; a tones; closed with' the offers.■''■■'■ ■-;-'--':■