GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1292, 22 November 1911, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Domino 111, a member, of the Weroroa Experimental Farm herd, lias just »ivei> 1131b. of milk in the day. Her test ranges' lrom 3.3 to 3.9 per cent, of butter-fat. deferring to a paragraph which appeared on Monday dealing with the position of the butter market, e. local butter merchant .says he agrees entirely with the statements made. This week's London cables, ho said, tell that Xew Zealand butter is bringing 130s. to '1325.. which works out at 12:|d. net f.o.b. Wellington spot cash .on the departure of each fortnightly steamer. "Comparing the local price with the export, figures," said the merchant, "the position is interesting, inasmuch as wn are charging the stores 1;. net in pound pots delivered into the store, and givo six weeks' credit. This cannot be dono under -Id. per lb., r-n that we are netting lid. per lb. for all the hutter sold on this market, and therefore lose ljd. per lb. I quite agree," ho added, "that if some, alteration is not made in local prices shortly, Micro will be some withdrawing from this market and shipping their butter Home—for after all there is very little sentiment in business. The law of supply and demand must prevail, and in this case the demand is very much in excess of (ho supply, with the result that high prices are riilinsr in even- part of the world—except, in Wellington." Continuing, tho merchant said Vancouvcr'wns also entering this market in a large way, and hi*, firm bod just effected the sale nf a fairly big parcel for spread delivery up (0 the cud of March, tho price being 12U1. net f.o.b. In a recent trip (n the country the merchant said he found the consensus of opinion was that Hie make of butter to date was from !0 per rent, to 15 per cent, less (ban il was last. year, and it was generally felt amongst farmers that the cold weather experienced in Taranaki, and the high winds in (ho Manawatu, wore having such an effect, on feed that there wr- lilt!? chance of the shortage being picked up. If the market kept firm at. Home, and our market remained in tho low side, the butter will go Homo end we in Xew Zealand will go short. The nltemnlive was higher prices here (0 keep the butter in Xew Zealand.

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Quite heavy consignments of New Zealand butter aro finding their way to Vancouver this season, and in the opinion of one New Zealand merchant, Vancouver will in time take nli the butter New Zenland turns out. In making this prediction 'ho .did not suggest that Vancouver would ever take (he quantity of butter New Zealand exports to-day, but he thought that we would eventually be a cheese-producing country, and such butter as was then mado would find its market in Vancouver. '

Homo separation, is reported to bo on the increase in tho South Island this.season, many dairymen having become tired of carting so much milk.