THE PRICE OF MILK.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3044, 19 January 1892, Page 3

THE PRICE OF MILK.

A .snout t'ino ago ,VC! published mimo |>m ft iculars ro-pect.ing tin; workin),' of a iuw of the Now South Wales butter factories. General surprise was expressed at tho high prices givon over there for milk—of courso durine the winter months—in oik; case neatly 10 I pur gallon, thu Inchest price, given by similar institutions in this colony, !| t that time, being-Id per gallon. Tt seems however that the extreme rales ruling in New South Wales was owing to a scarcity of milk just at that season n[ the year. By late Hies we note 11.at the present price of milk, is no higher in that colony than in Waikato. Tiio rat;s varying from 2Jd t > lid per (rdlou. The Mudgee liairv Company p.lyiiiff at the rate of 2'|'l to suppliers who aro shareholders, and L'.'.d to others. The ISa'renifary Dairy Factory received in November 70,022 gallons rnilk, producing LTi,BH."i!b of butter, and paid Mippliers itd per gallon, These prices, onr readers will observe, are only a shade over onr own rate of But takinix into consideration the superior quality of the Now Zealand butter, and its satisfactory position in tho London market, there seems to lie no reason why supplyers of pure milk should over receive less than 3d par gallon for it.