SHIPMENT OF BUTTER TO ENGLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8006, 27 October 1887, Page 4

SHIPMENT OF BUTTER TO ENGLAND.

In the first hal£ of the year the Fresh Food and Ice Company being apprehensive that the supply of butter consequent upon the good season would be much in excess of the local demand, says the Sydney JFail, determined to send Borne butter to the care of their agents, Messrs. Mort and Co. Last June eistht of Pond's enamelled boxes, enoh of whioh held hM a hundredweight of butter, made. at the Pioneer Factory, Kiama," ' were placed in the cold chamber of the Orient steamship Liguria. The principal object of shipping in June was to have t^e ; butter arrive in London in a' hot season, so that the keeping quality of the product could be properly tested. -'"The -butter arrived in excellent condition, and the company have now, under date August 19; the account ealeaand the following. icommepts from their agents t-^'.'.Tha butter ex Liguria has turned out very well^and has been fortunate enough to benefit in the;. rise .of 103 per cwt., which has recently, taken place iv consequence of the' droughty The difference in price between summer and winter usually ranges, from, 10s to l l2a per owt., so that;, if l you' elect- to ship r the Btock you have-on 'hand, you /can count upon some '-10« i-bver the- prices now obtained, whioh Were — 2"paokageß, .1089"; 2, 106s ;r4,100a; r 4, 100a per cwt. respectively. You ■will observe by .theOaceonnt sales herein that the net. landing weight; shows, 101 b loss. ■In explanation, it is asserted the wool absorbs the brine, and accounts for the deficiency of a little over 21b per case. Mark the packages of future shipments ■with letters dr numbers, and do not" indicate the soure : e ' of ' Bupply. Circular packages, although ordiriarilv used,' are not the best for stowage.' We think you can do no; better than with the excellent square boxes guch as this sample came in. .The' first two cases, sold at 108s.,,. contained 'excellent butter, as sweet and s6"und,aa possible. The cheapest line was in' equally goodJcondUioqj but the flavour w'us'turnippy, ihdicating'a different feed. ' Our experts are ' very emphatic that the butter if landed ia same condition in , the winter," will- ha'va-a splendid result. The butter is good, sound, and well made.". This information should be encouraging to- the dairymen, as it evident' ,thftt the .butter market, •which of late has been much dep.re.Bsed, can be considerably relieved' by shipments. In London on the 15th of. August, the highest quotations for imported ' bntter were — Normandy, 1263 to 1325; Dutch, 116s to 120 a.. The. Fresh Food. and Ice Company intend "to ship regularly, and will send about two tons from Sydney on tho 11th' October. r-'- ][■' '