DAIRY INDUSTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 88, 18 August 1923, Page 8

DAIRY INDUSTRY

LAST YEAR’S , EXPORTS. TARANAKI’S COMTRI3UTIOMS. Quantities of butter and cheese forwarded to the grading stores- for grading during the year 1922-21) were:—

Compared with the previous year, the butter forwarded for grading increased by half, hut the cheese figure, was normal, Wellington and Bluff districts showing an increase over last year. BUTTER AND CHEESE, GOOD PRICES IN LONDON. London, August 10. The butter market is very firm.

Home and Continental supplies are beginning to decline and there is a good demand for stored Australian and Ncv Zealand butter, of which all first grade is practically cleared. New Zealand choicest in quoted at 178 s to 180 s and Australian 166 s to 168 s, exceptionally good lots realising up to J7O:-', while secondary is worth 150 s to 160 s. Tlie cheese market is firm and New Zealand is selling at 110, s to 112*. Several steamers which have been here since the end of June are commencing to discharge cheese and p: ices will probably be considerably lower when these cargoes are available.

Butter Cheese. Cwt. Out. Auckland 707,140 108,127 Gisborne . 19,0.15 — New Plymouth 132,303 188,927 Paten 58,381 238,160 Wanganui 41,815 19,410 Wellington. , ,252,429 312,850 Lyttelton 54,079 28,673 >Tiiua,i\i 12,301 11.359 Dunedin 3W.;5!)7 43,426 Bluff 27,250 190,886 Totals 1,343,140 1,201,329