OUR BIGGER OUTLUTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 8

OUR BIGGER OUTLUTS.

DAIRY; PRODUCE AND MEAT. _ i; An exceptional make of cheese has..been recorded; this ' season. V- Official . figures show' that, during the half month ended October '15 • the cheese exported was greater than tho c totai' quantity' exported during, the whole of <\ October, 1908. Tho figures were: , 1 ' Cwt. J Two weeks," October, 1909 . ... 6,273- 17,576 Four weoks, October, 1908 ... 5,192 .14,555 .This proportion, of .increase is probabl;r much more .-than .the total figures for the; whole o season'.'will show, and.it is to. be hoped that the'knowledge that such an exceptional quan- j tity ! is due , to' arrive may not lower tho Home r prices, ■ Although New Zealand's output is still small proportion of the cheese t that Britain' consumes, it goes almost without a saying that any indication, of an 'increase in .% supplies from any source may have, a marked effect on the market. ' . 41 The make of butter in the fortnight under review was only ; normal.. So . m any of the creameries have :turned' to cheese' that the' increased make at each of the remaining butter centres has not suinced, to make good the de- ® ficiency ofthe' eeceders. The butter .figures j are: . ■ ■" ' >: Cwt. JC I Two weeks, October, 1909 .... . 7,673' , 39,007 i Fnnr. wpflks,. Ontnber,. 94,303 In total value of cheese and butter combined there is . nothing remarkable. The combined figures are: ■ . . . • • - . ' Cwt. .S, j Two weeks, :> October, 1909 ... 13,946 58,583 Four .weeks, October, 1908 ... 23,069 " 108,858 j The meat. , greater .increases than '< these: ::.The.,beetV espoHs were: '■' \ :■ j - - . Cwt. ; £■ j Two weeks, October, 1909 ... 14,147 15,883 i Four weeksj 1 October,; 1908 ... '7,738 1 8,857 ] ' The mutton exports were scarcely more than * ''the. supplies ofilive stockvlieingi probaily -counterbalanced, by 'the : 'unea'syV'sUte.';of.V,thevniatk'eV frliich prevailed ' |. till jiist prior to the period under review. The j mutton'exports were:.V- . -.■■■' ■ Cwt. ■. ' £ ■; I Two weeks, October, 1909 ... 41,199 40,427 i | S,our '.weeks, October, 1908 ... 71,180 95,953 ' l There was. a greater increase in the quantity of. legs and pieces, but the greatest increase 1 of all occurred in lamb. Ib this commodity tho figures were: : , . i ; ' -* ''' '■*' ". Cwt. ' JJ Two weets'j CSctoberv >1909 ...: 19,110 . . 24,119 Fourjweete; it)ctoßer;'*l9oß ...'■ 10,066;' .19,472 If the increase continued for the whole month ■on the same scale, it would .show an increase :pf J4oo;por-cent, .in the weight of lamb exported.' The! figures as to value, however, Srould sbojc.-an increase of only about 5Q per »cent.—a'-Vrather unpleasant' indication of the ; -'lower valiies ruling. l ■ 1/ •. Urgent inquiries by London holders have been made' from local agents as to the probable .oufput for the next , month, and tho inference ;is.'that>.:therß'; is, an','impression, prevailing: at' Homo that it is perhaps time to unload. Our hopes of good prices this season must be •mainly based on :a gradual; Revival., due to fetter times'-, and (increased consumption.', And •this is by' ! nb '{means'; 'a'' forlorn hope:' •• 1 -i. -