BUTTERFAT FOR CHEESE

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 3

BUTTERFAT FOR CHEESE

BASIS OF PAYMENT. I l 11):! PER POUND OVER CHEESE. l STABILISATION OF PRODUCTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association \ \VELLINGTON, Monday. A margin or did per 11). butter-fat in fa'vour of cheese over butter is to be fixed under the Government‘s‘ guaranteed price plan for dairy pro—' ducts for the 1936—37 season. accord-. ing‘ to an announcement made by the] acting-Director of Marketing, Mr G. A. I Duncan. | In making payments to dairy fate—l tories for the coming season, Mr Duncan said, the Marketing Department would so arrange payments that the average price to be paid for cheese would be iixed at such a ligure 1151 would )ield a mggin of 11:1 per 113.} for butter-fat processed into ehccw‘ above the average price of butter—fat: processed intqbutter. Mr Duncan stated that the Govern—ment had considered the represenlu—iions made to it in regard to the fixa—tion of the butter-fat margin of bird per 11)., for cheese manufacture‘ and had agreed that it was desirable that in order to stabilise the relative pro—duction quantities of butter and *eheese this margin should be recognised. It was felt that, the announcement would reassure suppliers to cheese factories who might have con—templated transferring their supplies for next season to butter factories.