THE BUTTER MARKET.
I We learn for a fact that the butter I Which is being bought up m this district at the! ridiculously:: low., price of 5d anil 6da nound is purchased for export. It, is forwarded from Wellington by the direct j steamers m a cooLchamK ; bei; to Ijondon,- where.it is • woi-ked tip,' h.cipg.CQfvnipulatedin a certain fashion, V. blended.!? we suppose would be the prpper .term,: and is shipped to the India, and China. markets, where the lowest price js, two shillings a ipound. ,fht "blender "must make a h.mdsome profit out of this kind of business, while tlie fanner has to take what lie can get and look; pleasant. Could not a Farmers' Association reach these 4istanfc, nwrfcets Which are so remunera : 'tive to the-.exporter. ■ .. \-' * J ' From the, Ch.rpaiele we learn that the price of butter m Wanganui has, during thepast few : days, gone upj, more than 50 per cent, a. tact attribu t : .' able,' no ; doubt v J& the gre'at.quanlity 'of mijk withdrawfij.Cyom gutter-making andsen^ip th^pioia Dairy. Factory. It is'said that l in..,tj}e Majtavawa;^all«y 150 cows are -fiontributing to cheesemaking,, whose frnilkuutil recently was' nVadeinto bntte>r,!and brought inio the Wanganui market.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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195THE BUTTER MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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