N.Z. DAIRYING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 895, 12 February 1930, Page 12

N.Z. DAIRYING

A BRIGHT FUTURE INCREASING PRODUCTION From Our Own Correspondent. MORRIX SVILLE. Tuesday. A bright future was forcast for the Aew Zealand dairying industry, with an ever-increasing market, by Mr. T. C. Brash, secretary to the Dairy Produce Board, at a meeting of suppliers to the Morrinsville dairy factory. 2sew Zealand had the biggest handicap of any dairy exporting country in being 13,000 miles from the European market, said Mr. Brash, yet she was sending more dairy produce into Britain than any other country in the ; world, supplying 22 per cent, of the ; butter and 55 per cent, of the cheese imported into Britain. Forty years ) ago the value of New Zealand exports of dairy produce was £200,000, while | now it was £20,000,000. The growth of the dairy industry j was such that some people wondered ■ where they were going to land, but they ! were still finding a market for their j dairy produce and there was no dan- ! gcr of over-production. Danish butter I production had increased by 29 per cent, during the period that New Zealand production had increased 400 per cent. Danish butter had been shut out of Germany by the recent German tariff.

The outlook for cheese was more hopeful, continued Mr. Brash. Canada in 1913 was exporting 80,000 tons to Britain, but now was sending only 39.000 tons. Xew Zealand had increased its export by about the same rate as Canada’s had declined. There was just the same amount of cheese going into Britain as in 1913. He thought the future of cheese was better than for butter and that cheese would regain the ratio that it bore in 1913, when there was a boom in cheese factories, especially in Taranaki. Production of butter in the Argentine was actually declining. Australia would require all its own butter to feed the people of its cities and Canada had ceased exporting butter. In spite of the agitation now going on, Canada could not shut out Xew Zealand butter because Xew Zealand imported more goods from Canada than Canada got from Xew Zealand. The Xew Zealand Government would protest if a prohibitive tariff was placed on butter in Canada.

TAUMARUNUI EWE FAIR

PRICES DROP HEAVILY From Our Oxen Correspondent TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. Over 25,000 sheep were yarded at the annual fair today. The stock yarded comprised all ages, and showed good condition. Farmers were present from districts ranging from Hamilton to Taihape and also Taranaki, but at the opening of the sale bidding was slack. Later the competition became more spirited, and most lines were sold at prices that were considered favourable to vendors. Taken all round, the prices offered showed a big drop on the values registered at the same sale last year. A line of six-tooth ewes made 23s 9d. Another line of four and five-tooths made 20s Id. A line of four-year ewes made 225, a drop of 13s on last year’s price for a similar line from the same vendor. A line of four-year-olds brought 26s 9d. and a good line of twotootlis brought 275.

WOOL IN MELBOURNE

Reed. 9.26 a.m. MELBOURNE, Today. At the wool silles 3,350 bales were offered. There was a good selection and excellent competition. Prices were approximately 5 per cent, higher than at the last Melbourne sales in January.