FOREIGN BUTTER IN THE BRITISH MARKET.

Shannon News, 12 June 1925, Page 1

FOREIGN BUTTER IN THE BRITISH MARKET.

“Why foreign butter?” asks the ‘‘Manchester Guardian” Commercial of March 5, and the journal goes on to state that it is doubtful whether at any previous time the shipments of butter from New Zealand and Australia have been so good, either in quality or quantity, as this season. The grading and packing regulations which have been in operation in the Dominions in recent years have had much to do with this improvement, and it is regrettable that the rewards of this enterprise on the part of the colonial Governments are not so great as they should be. At the present time there is a difference of about 'sos a cwt. between the prices of colonial and Danish butter, the premium being in favour of the latter. The difference in quality between the two is nothing like so great as the prices suggest, and London importers are frankly concerned at the inability or the disinclination of retail -distributors to impress on consumers the great value of the colonial produce. Some part of the premium on Danish butter is, of course, due to the heavy buying by Germany, but if greater attention were given to colonial produce in our markets prices would soon come nearer to relative values.