DAIRY PRODUCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 6, 5 December 1932, Page 5

DAIRY PRODUCE.

MARKETS REVIEWED. BUTTER WEAKER, CHEESE FIRM. The London butter market was distinctly weaker at the end of last week. New Zealand finest salted, which was selling early in the week at 925, eased to 88s, and first grade to 86s. One Tooley Street merchant cabled his Wellington agent on Friday that New Zealand finest was then being prossed for sale ■ at 85s. The retail price of New Zealand butter in London was unchanged last week at Is, while Danish was selling; at Is 3d a lb. According to the Dairy Board’s LorP. don office, a retail price of lid a lb for Now Zealand and Australian butter was fairly general in the North of England, and some multiple shops in the South were selling Australian at lOd a lb. The Empire Marketing Board estimate of stocks of all butters was 391,800 boxes, compared ivith 481,410 boxes a year ago. The cheese market is very firm owing to short supplies. New Zealand white and coloured were quoted on Friday at 64/65/- a cwt. as against 61/62/- for white and 58/60/- for coloured a week previously. Friday’s closing quotations, with those for the previous week in parentheses are reported by the London office of the Dairy Board as follow: BUTTER. New Zealand, salted, 86/88/- to 89/(84/85/-; Dec. 2, 1931, 107/110/-); unsalted, 100/104/- (100/108/-; Dec. 2, 1931, 116/120/-); 86/88/- equals approx. 8 7-8 d f.0.b.; first whey, 80/-; second whey, 76/-. Deliveries, New Zealand, 2326 tons. Instore, 2050 tons, includes 700 tons ex Maimoa. Australian, salted, 85/88/-; unsalted, 88/92/-. Deliveries Australian, 2075 tons; in store, 2150 tons. Argentine, unsaltcd, 86/88/- (84/88/-). Danish. 99/- f.0.b.; 122/126/- spot (99/-; 126/128/-). Dutch, unsaltcd, 122/126/- (126/128/-). The board has also received the following advice from its agents in Canada : Butter: New York, 26 cents; Montreal, 21 cents a lb.* Canadian stocks, 205,000 boxes (last year, 224,900 boxes). CHEESE. New Zealand white and coloured, 64/65/- (w„ 61/62/-; c., 58/60/-; Dec. 2, j 1931, w„ 66/67/-; c., 62/63/-). 64/65/equals approx. 6id f.o.b. Deliveries, Now Zealand, 12,203 crates. In store, 7500 crates. Market firm. Supplies short. Canadian, white, 62/ 69/- (64/69/-); coloured, 66/69/- (66/69/-). According .to month. No quotations c.i.f. Deliveries, Canadian, 17,176 boxes. In store, 168,675 English, finest farmers’, 98/105/- (98/ 105/-). AGENTS’ REPORTS. \V. Weddell and Co., Ltd.. London, report as follows :—Danish butter, 121/122/-. N.Z. finest, 86/88/-. Kangaroo, 65/88/-. Tho market is weaker. Since the issue. of weekly quotations, N.Z. finest is being pressed for sale at 85/-. Cheese: N.Z. white, 64/65/-; coloured, 64/65/-. Market firm: Mr Thomas Gray, Wellington, has received the following report from London : —Cheese: Deliveries, N.Z. and Australian, 13,092 crates; Canadian, 17,305 boxes. Stock, New Zealand and Australian, 8010 crates; Canadian, 170,346 boxes. Price, 64/- (nominal). The demand is good, and the market stoady. Butter: First grade, 85/-; finest, 86/-. The demand is dead, and the market weak. The New Zealand Producers’ Co-opera-tive Marketing Association’s weekly cabled market report from London, dated December 2, is as follows : —Butter : Market weak. New Zealand, finest grade, 85/to 86/-; first grade, 84/- to 85/-; Danish, 120/-. Cheese; Market firm. New Zealand, white, 64/-; coloured, 62/-. 1

CHEESE FACTORY OUTPUTS. IN THE MANAWATU. The Newbury Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., are at present manufacturing 31 exports cheeses daily and their last payout w r as lOgd per lb butterfat. , The Makowhai Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., are making 27 export cheeses daily. One shilling was the payment for last month. The manufacture of cheese at the Glen Oroua Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., has increased to 36 cheeses daily. The payment for last month was lid. The Taikorea Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., have increased their daily output to 33 export cheeses and their payout last month was lOd. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, Dec. 3. Mr W. P. Devcrcaux, representative of the Australian woolgrowers, reports that uncertainty due to the exchange and war debts has caused slightly lower Continental values for wool tops. This lias checked the market, but the recent lower prices have increased the Yorkshire demand, resulting in active, general competition tending in sellers’ favour. TJio firmness of raw wool has clisindined Bradford to reduce quotations, although the tcjps market is quiet. Merinos arc firm. Spinners are hesitant. GOOD COMPETITION. The Bank of New South Wales has received the following cable message from its London ofiico dated December 2: Wool firm at opening rates; rather in sellers’ favour. Competition good. PRICES FOR SHEEP.

A 50-YEAR RECORD. An interesting record of the prices received for sheep sold from a Welsh farm over tho last 50 years is published in an English paper. The sheep wore of tho Welsh mountain breed. Up to 1925 tho wethers were sold as four-year-olds, but afterwards at a younger ago and from 1928, as lambs. The prices per head are as follow;—

FARMING NEWS. ' RURAL RAKINGS. Freezing methods recommended by Dr. W. A. Bowie, of Gisborne, Imvo been adopted at the Westfield and Tomoano freezing works. This is the _ result of experiments - carried out at Haiti last season in regard to killing and freezing. One of the points includo lengthy pre-cooling of the carcases, and in tins Dr. Bowie’s findings were endorsed by an English scientist’s report. So far as production is concerned Auckland dairy farmers are experiencing a remarkably successful season. Starting off in July each month has seen the creation of a fresh record in the quantities of butter and cheese graded for export. Reduced to tbrms of butterfat the amount graded in October was 21,112,0001 b. This represents an increase of 16 per cent, over the returns of October, 1031.

tto luuun . Wethers. Draft Ewes. Wcthfcrs. Draft Ewes. Y car s d s d Year s d s d 1880—19 0 11 6 1906—22 6 20 0 1881—19 0 13 6 1907—22 6 22 0 1882—23 6 17 0 1908—20 0 17 6 1883—26 0 15 6 1909—16 6 12 6 1884—22 6 11 0 1910—21 6 20 0 1885—Not sold 7 6 1911—19 6 17 0 1886—19 0 11 0 1912—21 6 20 0 1887—16 0 11 6 1913—23 6 23 6 1888—20 6 13 3 1914—24 0 24 0 1889—23 0 17 1915—26 3 26 3 1890—21 3 17 0 1916—31 6 31 6 1891—16 6 9 0 1917—35 6 35 0 1892—15 3 8 9 1918—48 0 44 0 1393—19 0 10 b 1919—46 0 43 0 1894—21 6 17 0 1920—82 0 72 0 1895—21 6 16 6 1921—39 6 32 6 1896—20 6 15 0 1922—40 0 36 0 1897—21 6 14 9 1923—46 0 48 6 1898—21 6 18 0 1924—46 0 50 0 1899—20 6 17 0 1925—40 0 40 0 1900—21 0 15 6 1926—38 0 30 0 1901—21 0 16 6 1927—24 0 29 0 1902—21 6 17 0 1928—28 0 Not sold 1903—22 0 18 0 1929—23 0 36 3 1904—22 6 19 3 1930—22 9 36 6 1905—22 6 18 0 1931—12 6 22 0