BUTTER AND CHEESE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 108, 10 May 1933, Page 9

BUTTER AND CHEESE

INCREASED PRODUCTION. [ Per Press Association. J WELLINGTON, May 9. Tho grading figures of the Dairy Division, Department of Agriculture, for the nine months ended April 30, 1933, show an increase for butter of 22.35 per cent, at 117,719 tons, and for cheese on an increase of 13,73 per cent., at 90,944 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Grading for the corresponding period of 1931-32 were: Butter, 96,2.15 tons; cheese, 79,968 tons. Reduced to terms of butterfat equivalent there is to date an increase of 19,958 per cent, over last year. Reduced to terms of butterfat equivalent there is to date an increase o" 19,958 per cent, over last year. LONDON MARKET PRICES. Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd., have received from their principals, Trengrouse and Nathan Ltd., London, the following cabled advice, dated May 6:—New Zealand butter: Quiet but steady; 73s to 74s per cwt. New Zealand cheese: White, 42s per cwt.; coloured, 495. Firm. The Bank of New South Wales has received a cable message from its London office, dated May 5, as follows: Butter, 745. Cheese: White, 435; coloured, 495. Mutton: Ewes, 2}d to 3Jd; wethers, 2Jrd to 4d. Lamb, 5d to 5 7-Bd. Beef, 2d to 3d. Pork, 4d to sd.