BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 165, 12 June 1928, Page 5

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

PRICES ON OVERSEAS MARKETS. The New Zealand Dairy Produco Board has received the following market report from it 3 London office, dated Juno 8: BUTTER.

1695,. 1635-1645. Market firm. Retail prices unchanged.. Northern Hemisphere production delayed, but -wGather now improving. CHEESE.

New .Zealand — White and coloured ... 995-100 s 975-99 s Deliveries, N.Z., this week, 27,353 crates. In store, N.Z., this week, 83,605 crates. Canadian — Einest whito 112s-116s 112 s Coloured 108s-112s 108s-116s Australian— Finest coloured 965-97 s 945-96 s Market , firm. Retail prices unchanged. Shipments.—Corinthio completed discharge of butter on May 31; Rakeha completed chceso, Juno 1; commenced discharge of butter on June .4; completed Juno 5. Dovon commenced discharge of butter on Juno 8. Steamers arrived this week :—Westmoreland, commenced discharge of butter on June 8. Remuera commenced discharge of cheese on Juno 5; butter , not yet. opened. The board lias also received advice from its agents in Canada, as follow: —Butter: Now York, 44 cents (Is lOd) ; Montreal, 341 cents (Is sgd) ; San Francisco, 42 cents (Is 9d). AWARDS AT TARANAKI SHOW. BUTTER CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY LEVIN. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 11. The Taranaki Metropolitan A. and P. Shew will open to-morrow. The GovernorGeneral arrived to-night, and will perform the opening ceremony. Butter and cheese exhibits were judged to-day. The points prize in the butter section was won by Levin, with Mangarci second, Kaiamea third, Masterton fourth, and United fifth. The champion cup was won by Levin with 95£ points, .Karamea being second, and North Taranaki third, Rangitikei Plains won the first assistants’ class. The novice class was won by Ivonini, with Golden Bay second. In the cheese section, the points prizo was won by Hopclands (377 points), with Ngaere second (374 points), and Lowgarth third (371 points). The open class was won by 'Ngaere, with Hopclands second, and Lowgarth third. Tho Taranaffi yhampionship was won by Lowgarth. Ngaero also won a special trophy. Tho Shaw, Savill Champion Cup was won by Hopelands, with Ngaere second, and I3eh Block third.

HANDLING AND STORAGE CHARGES

FLAT RATE FOR BUTTER.

A few months &go the Now Zealand Dairy Produce Board announced important reductions in the rates for handling and storing butter and cheoso in London. It has now been agreed, after consulting tho London provision trade, to arrange for a universal flat rate to apply to all New Zealand butter landed in 'London. Tho rate in future will be 18s 6d per ton, covering the- following service: Receiving into insulated barge at overseas vessels side, transporting from tho dock to Hay s Wharf, Tooley Street, discharging and sorting to marks and subinarks, placing into cold store and storage for seven days from tho date of first landing on individual marks, and redelivery to road van. This now rato now does away with all previous rates for butter, but does not affect tho cheoso rates. A comparison of tho 1927 rates and those now m force shows the following saving; On first seven days’ storage, 4s 2d; on first 14 days storage 6s 2d; on first 21 days’ storage, 8s 2d; on first 28 days’ storage 9s 2d; and Is per week each following week after fourth week. The flat rate of 18s 6d, plus dock clue of 2s 6d, equals 21s, applies to all butter, whether cold stored or direct delivery, or warehouso for seven days.

LONDON MARKETS. The Department of Agriculture has received tho following cablegram, date Juno 9, from tho High Commissioner for Now Zealand, London: — TALLOW. No change since last report. Auctions resumo next week. APPLES. Ex. Devon and Westmoreland, condition satisfactory. Alarket quiet. Prices: Statesman and Cleopatra, 13s to 14s per ease; Sturmcr, 12s to 13s; Dunn’s Favourito, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; Premier, London Pippin, and King David, 10s to 11s. PEARS. Ex. Westmoreland. "Winter Nelis mostly fully ripe, and show waste. P. Barry in better condition, but somo not sound. Prices: Winter Nelis, 4s to 6s, and P. Barry, 4s to 5s per tray for sound fruit. HEMP. Alanila market opened steady, but closed irregular. Business has been, done in “J” grade for Juno to August shipment at £37 iOs. Output January 1 to Alay 31, .574,000 bales, against 530,000 bales same period last year. Stocks in Manila on Alay. 31, 153,000 bales, against 140,000 bales, and in England 21,000 bides against 4000 bales last year. Sisal: Alarket unsettled and _ weaker. Closing values spot and afloat No. 1, £35 to £35 10s; No. 2, £33 10s to £34. June to August shipments of No. 1 sold, £35 10s. New Zealand: Nothing doing.. Nominal values are: Highpoints £3l, fair £2B 10s, rejected £26 10s, for June/ July shipments. WOOL. Bradford market quiet at about last quotations. Now business restricted, but holders are firm. BEET SUGAR. NEW DRYING PROCESS. Tiiose farmers who have given some attention in recent years to tho possibilities of beet growing for sugar production in the Dominion will be interested in a new process for drying beet crops. This was demonstrated by Dr. B. J. Owen, of the Oxford University Instituto of Agricultural Engineering, to party of members of Parliament at Eynsham, near Oxford, recently. Dr. Given explained that tho new process, which was recently discovered at tho institute, enables beet crops to bo desiccated and then stored for any length of time preparatory to sugar making. He also gave figures which showed that by employing the new process the costs of sugar manufacture can be nearly halved, as compared with other existing methods. The full economic signficanco of the now discovery, ho said, could not fail to be far-reaching. The new process, which woidd probably be known as the Oxford beet process, made it possible for a factory to remain steadily

at work for tho whole year, instead of having to crowd a year’s work into threo months nnd then stand idle—owing to tho perishability of beet. This means that tho fuctory might be much smaller in size and would have all the benefits that accrue from steady, continuous working, as compared with sporadic and rush working. In addition, the new process admitted of a much cleaner effluent being given off and might be said to have solved the difficult problem of river pollution, duo to tho effluent from beet-sugar factories; thirdly, tho residuum of tho beet (after sugar extraction) was a richer and more nutritivo cattlo feed than tho residuum given by other processes, which robbed it of its albumen and other valuable food constituents.

New Zealand — 8/6/23. 168.s-172s Prev. week. 166s-170s Unsalted 174s-176s 168s-176s Deliveries N.Z. this week, 717 tons. In store. N.Z., this week, 4156 tons. Australian — ... 160s-164s loos-Iocs Unsalted 160.3-1643 158s-162s Arcrontine —■ Finest unsalted 156s 160a 156s-16Us Irish Creamery— Salted 164s-166s Not quoted. Unsalted 168s-170s > i Dutch creamery— Unsalted 160s-164s 1623-164s 144s -160s 14bs-lbU5 Unsalted 146s-154s Not quoted. 158s-163s 158s-162s 164s-166s 162s-164s 158s-160s 1503-1603 Lithuanian 154s-165s Not quoted. Polish 156s } 1 Siberian 152s-154s 152s-154s Ukranian — 156s-1683 152s-154s Unsalted 1583-1603 158s-160s Danish, 1703-172s, spot; 165s, f.o.b ; 168s-