AUSTRALIAN BUTTER SUPPLIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN BUTTER SUPPLIES.

;Victoria, whose butter shortage List win•torNva;s the cause of the high prices reached by ;Nc\y 'Zealand butter, seems to be secure against); a repetition" of that experience l .this Wlflter. Tho State-seems to do more winter dairying 1 than is done in New Zealand, and of winter reserves beforehand is less looked to than' current make. ' At' present tho rains that have fallen between the Murray River and the sea and the luxuriance of feed that prevails; have,caused butter , oporators to regard an ample make of winter'; butter as.- assured. 1 Possibly' there will be a Melbourne surplus available, for New South Wales, whoso less favourable outlook, is causing concern just now. ' In any case it is likely that there need'be 110 Mel-, bourne withdrawals from Sydney. ■ "> The chance of-a Sydney shortage reacting on the Now Zealatld market accordingly becomes less. There have been light, rains recently in New' South Wales, but there 'is still a general need for more, and that means much when _ one ; is considering buttor. , The commodity in Sydney, is still quoted wholesale,at 116s. According to Horschel's weather chart, heaVy rains are expected in New South Wales between June 12 and 15. Even if that prediction .bo fulfilled, it can scarcely improve the winter:butter supply at this late stage.