DAIRY PRODUCE

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 41, 17 August 1921, Page 6

DAIRY PRODUCE

'.' ■ '. •' T * ■ ■■■ • HIGH COMMISSIONER ON "SPOT" ; ' ' PRICES. ■ ' ■.' :.; The Department of Agriculture for-, wards the High Commissioner's cablegram ■on the London markets, dated 13th August, as, follows : —' ' ButteT. —Demand more active, but Home'supplies continue very short. Irish, in' better. request, pVices irregular, but tendency firmer. Danish, market steady.: 13th' August,. 266s to 2685. per cwt (2s 4Jd to 2s 4|d. per lb) ; rise of 8s and 6s per cwt on the week. New Zealand: 13th August, 259s to 262s ■ per cwt (2s 3^d to 2s 4d per lb). Australian—(l) First and second" grade, - (2) unsalted : 13th August (1), 238s to: 244s per cwt (2s lid to 2s 2i-d per lb); (2) 243s to 249s per 'cwt (2s 2d to 2s ,2Jd per lb). Argentine: 13th: August, 210s to 23% per-ewfc. '(lslQid to-2s ; .;o|,d.per lb). Goverjimeht ex store price : New Zealand, Ist and 2nd grade, 12th to 19th August, 262s per cwt (2s 4d p«r lb). /Austrafian, Ist grade salted, 12th to 19th August, 245s per cwt (2s 2^d per lb); Ist and 2nd gTade, 242s per cwt (2s. 1-Jd per lb) j unsalted, 247s per cwt (2s 2jd per -lb). ■,'■ Argentine,; salted and unsajted not sorted to mark : '12th to 19th. August, 2255. per cwt (2b per lb.). Cheese.-^-Market firmer for English, which remains in small supply. Knest farmers" 160s"tb 165s perc\yt,(ls s^d to Is S|d per lb). Canaddan,: in, good demand : 13th 'August,' white,. 1345, ,J.36s per cwt' (Is 2id per lbj;' coloured 1325,' 134s per cwt (Is 2Jd per lb, and up); ocoasian-ally, white, 138s per cwt (Is 2Jd per lb), to (coloured) 136s per cwt (Is 2Jd , per lb.). New Zealand :; : 13th August, white, 1365, 138s per cwt (Is 2Jd per lb); coloured, 132b, ; 134 c per cwt (Is 2id per lb), and up to, white; 140s per cwt (Is 3d per lb),. to, coloured, 136s per cwt (is 2^3 per lb); rise on the week of 4s to 2s, on white,, and. 6s on coloured. Australian : 13th August, ■white, 120s, 130s per cwt (Is OJd, Is 2d per lb);, coloured, 120s, 130s .per cnvt (Is OJd, Is 2d per lb);.: f ' Casedn.T—Market',' unchanged. French rennet, £40; Argentine lactic, £50 per I ton. : ' ■' . ' '