White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-05-06

w the estimated car requirements
for the months of January, February
and March were practically in line
| with those loaded. The next three
months requirements will be lighter
in the matter of dairy product ship
ments, Notwithstanding the fact that
those are the flush production periods
| for the season.
The present condition in the dairy
industry is just about on a production,
consumption basis, all storage stocks
being cleaned up in January. This is
the first season for several years that
the storage creamery butter, con-
densed milk and several of the fancy
brands Of cheese have been cleaned out
! into markets SO early in the year.
In review of world agricultural
markets issued by the u. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture, it shows the wild
ening of the butter price differential
between New York and Copenhagen
to IL and l8 cents resulted in a con-
siderable importation of Danish, New
Zealand and Canadian butter, with
some offerings from Siberia. The
British butter price averaged little
higher in the latter months of 1926,
but was still unusual for the season.
Some cheese imported from Canada
was also reported as result of an I'M
usually wide differential between
prices in the United States and
abroad. The last months Of 1926 were
marked by radical changes in the but
ter situation in the United States For
the first time since last spring the
price of butter rose above the CORE
spending prices last year, and the i'm
provement In prices was paralleled BY
strengthening in the storage situation.
Foreign prices continued weak, how
ever, SO that with our prices as much
as II cents above foreign markets, by
the middle of the fall season shipments
began to move toward the United
States. Prices continued to advance
into the first part of December, both
here and abroad, with no change in
the 17-cent spread.
Receipts during the month continued |
to run below last year, and during the
last half of the month fell to per
cent below those Of last year. Prices
advanced steadily, closing
the month nearly cents higher than
at the beginning. For the season as
a whole New York prices averaged
SOB cents, just trifie below the aver
age of sos cents for the previous
season, but satisfactory gain over
the average for the previous three
months of 3.3 cents.
During the same period the domes-
tic prices were advancing, foreign
prices were declining, until the second
half of the season the margin between
foreign and domestic markets was
greater than it had been for many
and well above the tariff diff
ferential.
The dairy industry is on a stronger
basis than year ago. Dairymen are
likely to have moderately favorable
spread between the price Of feed and
the price Of dairy products. For this
section we would estimate about 10
per cent better price in favor Of the
dairyman. There was a decrease in
the number of dairy COWS between
January 1, 1926. and the same date of
1927. Considerable stress is being laid
On the fact that there is an insufficient
number of dairy heifers raised for re-
The main reason Of this
is that dairymen have not
had very much Of chance to put feed
INTO non-producers because OF the mar
row returns received for dairy prod
lcts. In plain language, dairymen