THE OUTLOOK FOR BUTTER

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3137, 16 July 1917, Page 6

THE OUTLOOK FOR BUTTER

Sir—The circumstances of the time make happy the lot of the producers oS meal and cheese. The Government a exertions in regard to shipping remove, their only anxiety, and. they can ii>\v »o ahead with full certainty of a prosperous future. More power to them. Butter, however, has faUen from the prominent place it lias held in the pa*t, and for those who have placed, their trust in it the prospect is gloomy indeed. The stores are full, and there is ro export, and apparently not much chance of it. Is there going to be a dump? The question is a very serious one ior men in such circumstances as mine. u am a returned soldier, now going into occupation of a section for which I pa> a higli ,-ent, with the addition of interest, on uie Government advance ior stock, etc. 1 have installed a separator at a cost of £11, and the whole of my arrangements have been made in. anticipation ot dealing with the Gutter factory a ehort ustance from my location If the price of butter is maintained, I 1™ doubt of making a success; if not, or «t least, if there sliould be any substantial full I fear that lam doomed. me factory can give no guarantee whatever / If you could throw any light on the 'liiestion. you would render a great service to,—l am, etc, RETURNED SOLDIER.

Feilding, July H. 1917 - [The immediate future of butter depends, of course, on shipping transport. While it is impossible to speak with any confidence, there appears to tea reasonable prospect of shipping being available to transport overseas the neater part of our perishable products (induing that now in cold store here). JSex season there is reason to hope the position, will be further improved, so far as freights are concerned.]