THE PRODUCERS’ FUTURE.

Wairarapa Age, 6 January 1926, Page 7

THE PRODUCERS’ FUTURE.

MEAT PRICES WILL DECLINE. DAIRY PRODUCE SHOULD HOLD GOOD FOR FEW YEARS.

LETTER FROM MR W. A. lORNS. • Writing from London on November 5, to friends in the Wairarapa, Mr W. A., loms, of Otaraia, who is representing the New Zealand Dairy Control Board at ilome, interestingly describes events in connection with the marketing of New Zealand produce in England, the prospects of future meat prices, ana predicts a wonderful future for a pork export trade from New Zealand.

“The meat men here in the trade say that too big a price was paid for mutton in New Zealand last season and the companies purchasing out there must /necessarily lose a lot of money/’ writes Mr loms. “Meat prices are wionderful to-day, but the general opinion seems to be that we will not receive quite as much for our meat next year as was paid last year. The traders here always talk that way, but in conversation with Mr Forsyth, of the Meat Board, he seems to be inclined to think that they are right. Forsvth seems to me to be the right man Yor the London agency of the Meat Board <and appears, t,o have all the necessary information required to look after the interests of the meat producers at this end. N.Z. Pork the Best. “In conversation with several of the big bacon curers they have nothing but praise for the New Zealand frozen pork, but say the arrivals are so spasmodic, and so awfully irregular that it is very hard for them to keep a trade connection. They, state that no better frozen poik for bacon curing is imported into this country and when we take into consideration the volume of our dairy industry and the small quantity of pork that we export from New Zealand in comparison with the Danish dairy export and pork trade, it is apparent that this is the one industry that we have to foster and bring the trade up, so raising the value of our exports from New Zealand to the extent of many millions. We all know that the climatic conditions of New make it the most favoured country for pig raising in the world and I am sure that more strides must be made in this industry in the future than in any other exporting industry that we have froip. our Dominion. keep the Quality Up. “New Zealand dairy producers must endeavour to keep the (Quality of dairy produce paramount as several of our competing countries on the English market have made great strides with their first-grade quality 'in this last year or two, particularly ‘ Canada, Australia and Argentine. The Siberian butter output, as far as quality is concerned, has been disappointing, but as »they have Danish instructors now working through Siberia it is only a matter of time when their quality will considerably improve. 4 4 Too much; second quality butter, is now reaching the English market and is a considerable here at present. English consumers these last few years seems to go more for a quality article than what they did in the past. Although the dairy industry from nearly all countries has greatly i increased so has the consumptive power of the people, and with America not producing sufficient at present to feed her population, notwithstanding the fact that they have-8 cents per pound duty on imported dairy produce, it seems possible that America will want a fair amount of butter from outside sources this winter. 4 4 Summing up the position of the dairy import trade generally, men in the business here seem to think that dairy produce prices will be good for. some years to come as the consumptive power of the people appears to be keeping pace with the production.”