DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 5853, 28 September 1917, Page 5

DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES.

POSITION AT HOME. i The disposal of the new season’s butter and cheese output is stili unsettled, awa.tiaog dlaiiy a Iheply from the Imperial Government, through the Dominion Government. as to its intentions. In thie meantime butter production is stead.ly increasing. * Thie Grocer” (London) reporting on the posit'iofn as oil 11th August, states: “The present position of the market is Without precedent. There is not enough butter to go round. and prices are up to a range never before known. It has been the desire of the members of the trady to keep values w.t-hin reasonable hounds, ill order to meet the desire of the Food Controller, but the conditions are such that Lord Rhondda lias had to recognise the views put forward and the maximum prices of butter were further advanced. The scarcity of butter is very- marked i n the North of England. very little Danish having com e forward of late. The maximum price for Danish has been temporarily withdrawn, probably with the view to attract .ag supplies. For \ the stall stocks remaining extraoidina.ry pr.ces are going paid. Production iu Denmark recently was below the normal, but with weather oondit.osis more favourable the output should become larger. The consumpt,ion of butter in Denmark has also much increased owing to the great scarcity mf margarine It is r< ,>orte<l that tliere is plenty of butter .n AustraJa and New Zealand, but shipments theuo., have been delayed owing to the scare ty of ton nag' >. Owing to the shortage of most d«>ecnptdons the demand for Tr.sli butter is very strung, and shippers are largely over-sold. Tliere is an active demand for margarine . supplies of which a.re ’inadequate.”