DAIRY PRODUCE

Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1931, Page 2

DAIRY PRODUCE

MARKETS AND 1 PRICES. AUCKLAND, October 19. Butter marketing prospects were discussed by Mr A. W. Wilson, chairman of directors of Empire Dairies, on his arrival to-day. He said that markets were becoming more difficult to secure, but the.e still remained a wide scope. It might be that the farmer would have to be content with a lower price. As soon as butter got into the petition of displacing margarine a tremendous field would be open-d up. New Zealand had done excellent work in Britain in putting up butter in pound pats. This, should be extended, as the more people who could be induced to buy genuine butter in pats, the better it would be for New Zealand and Australia. He admitted that the future would see great competition between butter and margarine. He remarked on the importance of legislation to prevent the blending of any foreign with any Empire butte 1- , and the requirement of distinct labelling. Another good pruspeot was the British preferential tariff. In Australia a preparation, consisting of 15 to 20 per cent, of butterfat and the balance of coconut oil, was being sold and formed a distinct danger to dairy farmers’ interests, but legislation was introduced to prohibit such blending.