ENGLISH BUTTER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 979, 21 November 1910, Page 8

ENGLISH BUTTER.

' NEW ZEALAND AND FOREIGN ' ; ; ■■'• ; COMPETITION; 'In an article .on the position of English farm butter on tho Home market, ..a .writer in the'"Farmer'and Stockbreeder" (London) deals with the'matter. of foreign and; colonial ""competition, as follows:— ' "English farm : butter, when taken I tram the level of. quality of the foreign and colonial importations, must give place to these rival products in marketable 'value. Such, at least, is. undoubtedly the case with the greater proportion of farm produce, though' why it should be so we cannot conceive. We certainly cannot", afford to let our best -farm produce," tha produce of our most skilled dairymaids, give place to nn outside- ot- . tide. Butter-making on the English farm presents opportunities that could be made' a great deal more of than they are at present; otherwise wo may • ask why ■"■ Australian, New Zealand, and Danish butters areeucb prominent features on our niarkets. With regard to the latter, the q\iestio,n was once asked by a prominent American dairy expert, 'How can the Dane afford to import and feed our com and ! sell his butter in competition- witn us?! The-answer is, 'Hβ does this. by being a close .student of all the principles of-competition. Hβ understands that dairying is an occupation, reaumng brains, thought, and skill; that he must la've' efficient cows, economically fed, ana well cared for.' The Dane, it may bo remarked, exports upwards of • .£5,000,000 .worth of butter annually. One thing i at least certain: there is plenty of room fiy-a largo increase in the output, ot choice home-made butter at a higher price, provided- it is- marketed properly and with eome '.business- ike and commonsense system of control. surety iarm -? erases ftaS-3 handling and churning of ana cream are' secondary matters. Resnectins the prices df English but- . tc? the writer says:- 'little difficulty is experienced in retailing a good qualuj article at Is. 4o\ per. lb. Tnrough tt summer arid winter months, there aLmnch.as Is. 4d. per lb. is made on the most primitive principles. .