THE PRODUCE MARKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 320, 11 January 1909, Page 4

THE PRODUCE MARKET.

! BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS. ' The Trade Review, in reporting upon the present state of the produce mar- f . ket in New Zealand, says, in reference I to butter, that weather conditions in, the ) ; I dairying districts continue favorable I ! throughout December, and grass is abun- < I dant. In fact, in many parts it is over- i i abundant and becoming rank, and there is a danger of its going to seed and so f losing its succulence. Milk is, in some ) districts, showing a decided shrinkage in i quantity, but there is' not perceptible - decrease in the volume of butter coji- = iug forward for shipment, in fact, the <■' | exports, so far, are in excess of the f average of previous seasons, although ) several factories that usually make butt tor are this season manufacturing 6 cheese. The shipments since last export * on December 10th total 101,UOS boxes, as t compared with 88,173 boxes during the !■ same period last year. The quality, so e far, is equal, if not superior, to that of d last season. Trices have been ruling ' low as compared with values at the r opening of the season. Latest advices | c from London, however, report an ini- '•" proved tone in consequence of the re■e ported destruction by fire of the entire g shipment by the Paparoa. In the Wellington market the wholesale price is e " still la per lb for best creanierv in t bulk. •) Cheese, says the Review, is coming forward for shipment in increased qunn!l tities, the exports by each fortnightly :0 steamer being heavier than those by the corresponding vessel last year. ' The ''• quantities despatched since our last reD ' port total 42,587 eases, as compared with le 34,887 eases in the same period last k- year. The local market is steady at (id IV to 6i4d for medium sizes.