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Gisborne Times, 17 October 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

CHEESE OR BUTTER. THEIR ' RELATIVE VALUES. When one considers the iUoat difference in the present-day. VUljß* of butter and cheese nnmuiactmeu in this country ior the s mai-. hot (5 per cent.), it coems Cwrites the Wairarapa correspondent of tlie “Dominion”) that-cheese making here has not .more advocates among our farmers. It may he ■ that the matter is being seiiousl.. considered by many chrectors ol the 1 butter actonos, wno .arc,, a £.s.d. point ol vie\, ami ia ■vnnears to be almost certain that very c-ooir there will be more butter cpinSes Aoing in for cheese manutuctS?o At the present tome the reason s butter outputs are being sold 1 an Hid. per pound, and >ho hcosaw s cheese outputs at Gd. per pound. As-, these to be the relative values avo find that, the difference in- iavoi of cheese is £lB 13s. Id. per ton, calculated at follows i i i i.-., 231bs. of-milk makes lib- oi b^ tte tl ” which ht lUd. -per pound is worth £lO7 6s. Bcl. per ton. . f 2Slbs of milk makes 2.31b5. or cheese, which at Gd. per -pound as worth £126 per ton. cheese, Balance per ton m favor ol cheese, £lB 13s:: Id,

PI'ES’; THE BOOR; CANDIDATE. As a Mjjeeimen ,ox what candidates for Parliamentary honors .have.occasioirally to put -up with trom Alien‘‘supporters,” the following lithe incident .is worth recalling: Vhuting a North-country colliery during the men’s dinner hour, a certain candidate was advised -by lus 'agent to ask “Old Ben,” a supporter who happened ix> work at tlio pit,l to say a tew words' to his mates. After some .persuasion, the old man, agreed to address his .fellow-workmen, on the candidate’s behalf, 'and-this is what he * -.‘AVeel, mritos,-.dt-h.’n a-goin tei tell yo as wo’ve gotteh a real, straight-: .fair,' honest - candidate., You knows m well as 1 does as tliecr _uni t no sicli thing a’?, a honest po'.iticxan. breathin’. . Ilowsumever, Xve heard both candidates, and I’vp, picked out wot I .think “t lic bost or & £,orry_puil l, Ye’d better vhto for him, chaps! This”— indicating , tlio by no , means' comfortable can didate—“this is ”uu 1” That was a,! 1 ,, -