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 VICTORIA. BOTANICAL 



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Vol. IX. Part 7. tOth July, 1911. 



REVIEW OF TflE YICTORTAX DATRYIXG SEASON AND 

 BUTTER EXPORT TRADE. l!ll()-D.)ll.* 



R. Crowe, Supenutcndciti of Exports. 



The ifct-nt dairying season has proved a record one. the total oversea 

 export of butter to 30th June having reached 24.293 tons. To this must 

 be added a further 1,500 tons representing our Inter- State exports (almost 

 wholly Western Australian). The grand total is 25,793 tons, valued at 

 _;^2,666,265. The previous record was for the sea.son 1906-7, when 

 21,562 tons, \alued at ;^2. 156,200, were exported. In that year we had 

 over 700,000 dairy cows, whilst for 1910-11 it is estimated that the number 

 was some thousands less. 



The season began well, and was crowned bv timely summer rains which 

 prolonged the period of lactation in the dairy herds. Commendable efforts 

 were made to provide summer and winter fodder for dairy stock ; and it 

 is sincerely to be hoped that the wisdom of embracing the present oppor- 

 tunity to guard against future possibilities of shortage will not V)e overlooked. 

 In the district where most headway is in evidence, as regards the growth 

 and conservation of fodder, a couple of years ago almost every head of 

 stock was lost for the want of it. \\'hfn visiting this localitv recently I 

 counted 20 silos during a short drive. On manv farms there were two, 

 whilst at one, three were erected side bv side. At the same time, there 

 were farmers who had .so far done nothing in this direction. Even in this 

 di-strict there is room for the manifold multiplii ation of silos. 



Every l)utt<T-exporting .State in the Commonwealth .showed a correspond- 

 ing improvement in production, the rate of increase over la.st season being 

 almost the same in each .State. Victoria has kept to tJie fore hy contribut- 

 ing about half of the total butter exported from fJie Coniniofi'cealth. 



Prices. 



( onsidering tiie very large i|unntily of butter shipped from .\ustralia to 

 the L'nitefl Kingdom. i)rices have lu-en most satisfactory. 



• I'ajuT (nlii-id^fi'fl) rcni at the l.Htli .Annual Confun-iica of the Biittt-r ami Cheuff Factories' Man.-)i;ers' 



.Assooiatinii. 



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