THE EXPORT OF BUTTER.
Regard I g shipments of butter to England, we are indebted to the Fresh Food aud Ice Company for some Interesting particulars of an exoerlmeotal shipment made recently, of which the re'urns are now to hand. In the first half of the year the Company, being apprehensive that the supply o f butter const quent upon the good season would be muoh m excess of the local demand, determined to send some butter to London to the oa>-e of their ageuts, Me.srs Mort and O>. Last June eight,- of Pond's enamelled boxes, each of which held half a hundredweight of butter, mads at the Pioneer Factory, Klatna, were placed m the cold chamber of the Orient steamship Llgurla. The principal obj ot of •hipping m June was to have the but er arrive m London m * hot season, so that th«* keeping quality of the product could be properly tested. The butter arrived i<> excellent condition, and tbe Company have now, under date August 18th, tha acoount sales and the following comments from their agents :— " The butter ex Ligaria has turned out very well, and has been fortunate enough to benefit m the rise of lOi per owt . whioh has reoently taken place m consequence of the dronght. The differ- ' enoe m the price between the summer a»» the winter usually ranges from 10* to 20s per owt, so that if you elect to I ship tbe stock you hive on hand, you can count upon some 10s over the price* nnv obtained, whioh were— 2 packages, 108* ; 2. 106 ; 4, 100a per owt respectively. You will observe by the account sales I herein that the net landing weights show 18 b loss. In explanation, it is assorted the wood absorbs the brine, and accounts for the deficiency of a little over 21b per case. Mark the packages of future shipments with letters or numbers, and do not indicate the souroa of supply. Olroular packages, although ordinarily used, are not the best lor stowage. We think you can do no better than with the excellent square boxes suoh as this sample came m. The first t*o oases, sold at 108s oontafned excellent butter, at sweat and sound as possible. The cheapest line was m equally good condition, but the flavor was turnipy, Indicating a different feed. Our experts are very eraphatio that the bulter, if landed m the same condition m winter, will have a splendid result. The butter is good, sound, 'and weSl-ma'B.' This Information should be encouraging to the dairymen, as it is nvtdent th*t the butter market, whioh of lite has been maoh depressed, o»n he considerably >eli«ved by shipments. In London on >he 15th of August the highest quotations for imported butter were — Normandy, 126s to 132j ; Dutch 116s to 120a, The Fresh Food and loe Company Intend to ship regularly, and will send about two tons from this port on the 11th Instant. The above should be encouraging news to our hc»l oempany, though their exporting experiments hitherto have not been successful The New Si uth Wales people, by the use of a g»od p<okage for export and putting up a quality of batter, obtain an average price of lOd per lb, a price which ought to leave a safe margin for the costs and risks attending export. What a new South Wales oompany can do m this respect an Auckland Oompmy should, with equal care, be able to accomplish. —New Zealand «• Herald."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1733, 6 January 1888, Page 3
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582THE EXPORT OF BUTTER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1733, 6 January 1888, Page 3
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