BUTTER AND CHEESE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 3

BUTTER AND CHEESE

PURCHASE BY GOVERNMENT PRICES TO DAIRY COMPANIES AH dairy companies have now been i informed of the prices and conditions ■ , under which the Dominion GovernI men: is acquiring all butter and I I cheese exported after July 31, 1939, ' 'and which is manufactured alter July ,31. 1939. and on or before July 31, 1940. Prices are as follow: Creamery Butter Pence per lb. .. 15.015 93 io 93 i (basic) 14.89 92 to 92’- . . 14.8275 90 to 91: 14.64 Second grade ~ 14.14 Whey, first 13.89 1 I 94 points and over 8.57625 ; 8.545 ] . 2 to 92i- (basic) 8.42 8.3575 ■ Second grade 8.17 | Factories are advised that unsalted ' will not require to be made. Cheese to be manufactured shall be ‘ white cheese and that unwaxed, but coloured or waxed cheese already £ made will be accepted for shipment and paid for at the usual premiums. Rates of insurance for produce from ■* .time of delivery of milk or cream to • factory io on board ship will be dei ducted from payments made to fac.'tories at the following rates: Butter, '•6l ‘d per box: cheese, .96d per crate. Insurance of butter and cheese manufactured for the local market is the responsibility of the factory conj cerned. - lected on all butter and cheese ex- 1 1 - 1-50 of ‘ Id per lb for butter, and 1-100 of Id 1 1 per lb for cheese. The deduction will P be 1.12 d per box of butter and 1.63 d per crate of cheese. The levies for (1 the Dairy Board on butter and cheese j For the local market will be the same ,e per pound as for export. ? All port markings of butter and r '- i cheese for export are cancelled. c