DANISH IN DISFAVOUR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1085, 25 March 1911, Page 8

DANISH IN DISFAVOUR.

PRAISE FOR NEW ZEALAND ! . BUTTER. The Aberdeen "Free Press," in dealing with , a statement by an Irish paper that Danish butter was getting into ; disfavour, and that, - therefore, there was an opportunity for Ireland to step into some of its markets, sayo:— "Danish butter to-day is selling at a higher price than before the end of last year. It seems to be tho case, however, that tho quality of tho Danish product during the past season has not been up to the former standard., As to what is ; the cause, of this there, does not seen! to bo any clear explanation, but it may ■have been due to an indifferent grazing j season. _ It is, of course, well known that fruit last year was not nearly so good, as the Continent usually produced, .and there may bo some seasonable ex-. ..planatipn of tho fact that the recont quality of Danish butter haS not 'been up tp'.the'mark,'and lias had a more re-, stricted demand in this country in consequence." •The "Free Press" prooeeds to criticise •Ireland's chanco of ousting Denmark. The sum of its discourse is that it considers the Irish butter to be of excellent quality, but of slovenly get-up. Tho paper continues" Asked as to ."what wis comiilg 'ik to take the plrico of the Danish butter, at present in less popular favour, a well-known Aoerdeen wholesale merchant states that it" is neither; Irish nor French butter, but • Now Zealand . and Australian butter. The New Zealand butter in particular is said to bo of" quality, not showing, perhaps, tho absolute freshness of flavour that ono finds in the more recently made Danish butter, but beautiful in texture and taste, and on its present standard of quality likely' to make headway in the Homo markets. It is also important to note that tho price of colonial butter is decidedly less than ,of Danish butter. "While tho •latter, would be. making, say, 115s. per 'cwt'., .the colonial commodity would'"be purchased for, say, 108s. to 110s. per cwt."