The Danish Butter Situation

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 December 1915, Page 2

The Danish Butter Situation

Our Danish production oi butter is naturally at its lowest ebb at this timo of the year, and as Germany nnu AusLriu have to draw heavily on us for supplies, at the same time -as choice hut tor is scarce in Great Britain, our available quantity oj> (juttrr for export is short week i/r'iter week, though the extreme puces ruling are telling against coii.suruction . The Danish producers though',, of course, pleased with the good pr&'c obtainable—are, however, anxious iu Jceep our butter trade. a« far as possible in its old channels, and they are now Arranging meetings to discuss interested parties what may be dono to prevent our bul'ter trade from being seriously interfered with. \Vc inre of opinion that there really no danger, and as a matter of course, we cannot refuse to .sell butter to A»js-ti-iana and Germans as long as wc fro selling to English men and Scotsmen. Arid besides, those southern butter markets are extremely unreliable; 0110 week they may send largo ordors nnd perhaps not jn'fler one single cask from here. It is quite possible that j u-st while the quesffon is being discussed the German buyers may withdraw entirely. Already this week orders from the southern countries were on a reduced scale. —"Smer-Tidende." Ist Ist October.