Supply of Butter for Dunedin.

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 24

Supply of Butter for Dunedin.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib. — I would like to ask our farmers if it is possible to start a butter factory for tho supply of butter to Dunedin? Now i-> a particularly good time to get a footing, as there is almost universal dissatisfaction with the article which consumers are at present supplied with.— l am, etc.. Axti -Monopolist. Dunedin, August 6. | DISTRIBUTION OF TRADE. ' The latest figures available (says our correspondent at Wellington) show that the total amount of the Noith Island's Crade is

20£ millions, against 13 millions in the case of the south, an advantage of between 50 and 60 per cent. The figures, however, show that the position of the South Island is improving. DUNEDIN MARKETS. WHOLESALB PRODUCE EEPOETS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, report* under date the 10th inst.: — Wheat per bushel. per ton. Eest milling 4H-4M Oatmeal, in 25's 210/» Medium do ... 4f.i Oaten chaff 52/6—57/8 Fowls 1 ... 3/10—4/0 Ryegrasshoy 55/0-6510> Milling oats 1/B— l/9 Straw ...25/oto3o/» Feed oats... 1/6— J/7* Pearl barley ...340/5 Malt barley ... 4/0 cwb Feed barley 2/o—2/3 Onions, good 7/0 -7/6 Cape barley ... 3/6 per Ib. Maize 5/6 Rolled bacon ... BJd per ton. Side bacon ... 8M flour, in 200's ... 215/0 Smoked hams . . 9d Flour, in 50's ... KO/0 Cheese ... 6d— «4d Pollard 90/0 Good salt butter, 9d to I Bran 75/0 23d. according to I quality • Good potatoes, £3 7s 6d to £3 12s 6d pee ton. The farmers ought to class the potatoes before sending them to market. Keep out th» green and small ones. Potatoes free front blight are very scarce. Good clean samples are very scarce. SXB.lt AKD DAISY PRQDUC*. Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, report paying for prodnca during the week ending the 10th inst. as follows: — i Bacon (roll), 8d per Id I Fresh butter, 8d t» Ham, 8d per lb I 9d per lb - Fresh eggs. Is Id doz | Salt butter : not buying Fresh butter, good ordinary -{in lib and Jib prints), 8d to lOd per lb. Pigs, 1301b to 1601b, 4Jd. Honey, 3i& Fowls, 3s to 3s 6d (boiling). THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLES- , GRAM. ' WELLINGTON:. August 9. The High Commissioner cabled fion* London on. August 7 : — Mutton.— Dull sale for all qualities o£ mutton except prime light weight, whictt is very scarce. The stocks of mutton are hand are heavy. North. Island and River Plate mutton is selling at the same price.There is little chance of aav advance.Canterbury mutton is quoted a* 2i<i: JVortW Island, 2*d. Lamb. — The market is very weak, al* though there is a good demand for prime quality aE low prices. The lamb output* is increasing. Canterbury is quoted afi ; 3gd ; North Island, 3id. Beef. — The market is firmer, and there 16 a, better demand. New Zealand hinds; S|d; fores, 2?d. Butter. — Market quiet, but firm for bestf quality. New Zealand butter, 108s peg cwt (nominal) ; Danish, 113s ; Siberian, 100 a, Cheese. — Market quiet, but steady. There is a. general and active demand. New, Zealand, 60s. Hemp. — The market remains firm, orii, account of the offerings being very smalt from New Zealand. New Zealand good. fair grade, on spot, £25 per ton (nominal) j' fair gr?«le, on epot, £24- (nominal); fair* j current Manila, on spot, £24- 10s; JulySeptember shipments New Zealand, goccE fair, £2+ 10s; fair grade, £25 10s; fair current Manila, £24. The Manila (mtputf h 25,000 bales. "Wool.— -The market has advanced,

Kauri Gum. — Ordinary fair thre^-quart-n-BCraped, 1655; fair half scraped 105s; fair half to three-quarter scraped, 90s; pickings, common to good, 40s; bush, fair to good pale amber, scraped, 140s. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. NAPIER, August 5. The CO. and D. Company, Ix>ndon, toBay cabled the following report of the frozen meat market:— "There is a further fall in the value of mutton and lamb. Today's quotations : Mutton— Canterbury, 2|d ; Napier, Wellington, and North Island, 2J*L Lamb— Firet quality, 3?d; second, 3id. Eeef— Hinds, 3|d; fores, 2|d."