THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1922, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

SHIPMENTS OF THE SEASON. IMPROVED PROSPECTS, During the current season 343,436 boxes of butter and 20,271 crates of cheese have been shipped from the Dominion, while during the next month a further 541,138 boxca of butter and 125,458 crates of cheese will be sent away. The vessels taking this produce and the approximate datea of sailing, together with the shipments are m follows: —Waimana, November 15, 99,638 boxes of butter and 14,808 crates of cheese; Mahiia, Novemlber 20, 100,000 and 31,000 respectively; Ruahine, November 20, 63,500 and 800; Tainui, November 30, 39,000 and 15,000; Middlesex. December 8, 54,000 and Port Denison, December 10, 100,000 and 15,100, and Waiwera, December 8, 85,000 and 18,250 respectively. These figures give a total of 884,574 boxes of butter and 145,729 crates of cheese actually on the water or to be shipped before December 10. The amounts of butter received into store at the works at Moturoa during the current season show a large in- . crease over the figure*; recm led for last year. Up to November 10 the butter received into store totalled 90,821 boxes, compared with 56,668 for the same period of last season, an increase of 34,153 boxes. There is in store at the present time 33,390 boxes, practically all of which is being shipped by the Port Denison now in port. The cheese received up to the same date amounted to 11,256 crates, with 22,351 for the same period of last year, a decrease of 11,095 crates. These figure* should, however, be materially increaaed during the next few weeks, as a good number of the factories which confined their attention to butter up to November 1 are now producing cheese. Discussing the market proepects with a Daily News reporter yesterday a business man interested in the export trade said that the distant prospects for both butter and cheese were improving. “There was a feeling, he stated, that; aftr Christmas, there would be a slump in butter, but the cables seem to indicate that this may be without foundation, due to the number of factoriet swinging over to cheese. The high prices that were expected in October, our informant continued, did not materialise to the extent expected. This has maintained the consumption of butter and we will probably get the benefit of it at a later stage, say after the New Year. The eheeee market is very good. There is a big shortage at the present time and the prospect, look good for arrivals at Home up to the end of February. Prices should be high.