DAIRY PRODUCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1816, 20 April 1918, Page 3

DAIRY PRODUCE.

Fairly large accumulations of butter in store must result from the exclusion of exports of butter to the United Kingdom in favour of otheij foodstuffs more urgently required (says the Post). Fortunately, Wellington and New Plymouth had already made excellent clearances of stocks before the order relating to butter came out ; but Auckland has been holding stocks • since so far back as February. There will, then, be no shortage of butter for local consumption during this winter. Stocks will also, it is understood, be conserved by the prohibition of export to places other than the United Kingdom, for the regulations relating thereto are already published. No details are available at the moment for publication, but it is understood that the discussion between representatives of New Zealand factories and the Federal Butter Advisory Committee with reference to terras for future sales of butter and cheese to the Imperial Government was most satisfactory. Last season, it will be. remembered, Australian butter-mak-ers accepted prices some shillings under those New Zealand makers were prepared to sell at, and actually obtained., The idea of the Aus-tralian-New Zealand conference ;was to secure something like uniformity of price and terms in arranger ments to be made for the disposal of next season’s outputs. There have been delivered since Ist March .out of freezing stores in Wellington from stocks intended for export 7,100 boxes of butter for the local trade. Of this quantity 4.682 boxes were delivered during the month jrf March, Good expedition has been made with the shipment of cheese on Imperial Government account. To the end of March 222,500 crates of new season's cheese fcas been got away.