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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2672, 5 May 1925, Page 7

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Colonial butter prices are now at p,n eminently interesting level says the English "Grocer.” It is not surprising that Colonial butter is meeting with considerable attention, both on homo and export account. The exports are going chiefly to the near Continent. Wo hear A lot nowadays in regard to the high cost of living. Is the consumer blameless in this connection? Take, for instance, the present high cost of Danish butter. Everybody is aware of , the high standard of quality which the Danish product enjoys, nevertheless there is a wide difference of value between Danish and Colonial butter. In the North of England, the Midlands, and the .South of Scotland the demand is persistently for the higher-priced article .—Danish. Wiien Colonial butter la so plentiful as now and is offered at, such reasonable rates, it is remarkable that the British consumer docs not give more attention to the cheaper product. It is apparent that Northern consumers are conservative in their habits, and to gratify their desires prefer to pay more money rather than buy in the cheapest market