CHEESE PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 8

CHEESE PROSPECTS

DAIRYMEN KEENLY INTERESTED. . It is certainly tho kiso just now-tot dairy' farmers in New Zealand are keehJy interested in-tiie continued good outlook for cheese.. In some districts; they.are very much concerned over the!.wisdom;or. otherwise o£ changing from butter to cheese. •.MeeiSngs'of;suppliers to discuss the problem have been :held at tho BaUance and otfher facteries, .'where :tiie question is still hungup.'-'At'other factories the plunge "into dual plants has been taken'.' -. Present .. prospects, entirely' -jusfcify; the change to cheese-making, for. the : net return frdm.tbat' outlet is in-excess of .anything that- is : ■ likely to. be obtained .from;'Sutter.. Opinions have - lately' been expressed in New Zealand,by good authorities in the trade,that the' Canadian output of cheese .in the season just about to begin will be at least up to the average, and m that case;a fall in prices would seem reasonably likely. But other adviccs direct' from Canada,, based on observations. made on the spot ; anticipate, another - shortage. ' These Canadian would ■ seeni to l>e .the most worthy.'of ..credence, and, if; they prove correct, the' outlook for - cheese is well assured. format.'least . another i season. The shortage of Canadian cheeso.'is attributed to two bad winters;" which- caused l a reduction of stock. Now. there is a Ueen demand for ;dairy .heifers, and'highVpriceS; are ruling. The | supply of. heifers is,; very ; scarce, . and the renewed attcntion to calf-rearing cannot fructify till: the nest or the following season. "High pricea for any commodity, howevor, often call forth supplies in an unexpected'. manner,; and it. may ■be so with cheese. Truth, whether, about,; cheese;, or. or kings,' is a many'sUedi'commtraity, and one can never lay hold of .it witt certainty ; and. say, "I .have; it.'] ;But.if 'promising'.outlooks",;count;for anything at all,' cheeso has them. • , But one-last word: It remains to'be noted that .in -New Zealand: the /demand for cheese ■plants or Vl dual, plants' is strongest , from the .younger,-suppliers,-whose.responsibilities; are mainly restricted to their own cheques; while those who are hesitating are chiefly the "old .'hands" who. are on;directorates and'are therefore . heavily weighed; with tie cares of fac-.' itory; balance-sheets;'- V