FARMERS' BUTTER.

Wairarapa Age, 13 December 1920, Page 7

FARMERS' BUTTER.

ITS m-XATIVK YAld'K. KQI'A IdSATK )X l>l I<TI(TLTf I-X ( ( >tiesi ioiied tin 1 in; 111< 1 1' ut' |>; 1S" iH u: t■( 111:11 is: t linn oil butter 111; Hll • liy farmers, and sold dirocl by litem Id storekeepers, tin 1 Prime Minister Moil. \Y. F. Miissey) stilled illllt the ' I )epart lllelll 11; 1(I hoot) fi'nili;..' into this mailer very cnroinlly. !im there sei> 1) 1 efl to lie insuperable dii'li(•lilt i( 1 s in the way of csfabli-diiu.e a s\ siei 11 under which such Initter coithi '>:■ included in t he e<|tia lisat ion .scheme This Inn 1 i-r was not graded, and therefore I hero was no reliahk l »ui<lo a- to its relative value, anil, moreover, tiie fact o|' the business liein;_i; done direct between farmer and storokee|)er, provenied the Department from 'iciiiL; a!>le to keep the necessary cheek and control over quantities, etc., as could lie dime in the case ol butter passing Uirnnjrh Iho

All' Alii'-sry :ilsn .stated 111: i i another iinportanl poim was eonlined in tin; I'.'wt thai. under the conditions of sale In ihe Imperial Oovemnieiit the price lor miik'fl liuiler ivns now a very p'ond one, und, wherever circumstances permitted. lanners could always dispose ol llieir lniiier in llie milled form, llius I hem Id receive ii-. \':il lie on Ihe exporl h;i -i;-. Knr I he.-:' reasons ihe Prime Minister regret led iluil any extension of i tie equalisation 11111 >1 in ihe direction .sniiC'esiod .. .m----ed to he impraet icaU.e.