BUTTER PROSPECTS BRIGHT.

Shannon News, 10 December 1926, Page 3

BUTTER PROSPECTS BRIGHT.

LEVIN PAYS FINAL BONUS FOR LAST YEAR. - 'THE NOVEMBER PAY-OUT. . For the average dairy farmer th? prospects for the 1926-27 season have up till just recently presented a gloomy aspect and the conditions existing have been felt: by almost .everyone, particularly those closely connected with ' the industry. October and; November- had heir unseasonable weather together with 1 depressed markets' and this has made the farmer's lot a hard-one. With the appreciable increase in the price,of butter on the English markets and a cerI tain amount of favourable weather, the outlook ptesjnted is now quite a bright I one. I The daily make at the the Levin Dairy I Co. is approximately 4| tons, which is about on a par with the make at this time last yaa/, but up to the end of October the production was 18 tons less than in 192JL and to the end of November was *1 tons less. The Directors of the Levin Dairy;Co. a find that they are able to pay a bonus of one-third "or! a penny per pound for the whole of th . lyjtterfat supplied during the 1925-26 season, ' wliich makes' the average pay Out for last season just over Is 7jd per ib. Another bonus was not expected by the suppliers and the announcement wfll come as a pleasant Christmas present to them. For the buttcrfat supplied during the month of Noveniber, l*s 2d per pound will be advanced, which is quite a satisfactory payniAit and is anticipated t'i compare more tfyaii favourainy with the pay-out of other companies. BUTTER STILL RISING. NO NEW SEASON'S AVAILABLE. .Messrs Dalgeiy and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their. London House under date of the 7th inst.:-~ Dairy produce market firm; 'no new season's New Zealand available. Control Board minimum prices advanced today. Butter.—New Zealand finest 170 s, first grade 16Ss. Cheese. —New Zealand finest 965, firs): grade 955.