that most of the shops which stock Irish in the summer only are in the
habit of changing to another Empire butter, either New Zealand or
Australian, during the winter months.
In both Surveys the tendency to localisation on the west coast was
very marked. The contrast between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for
instance, is striking ; in. Edinburgh 3 per cent. and in Glasgow 28 per
cent. of the shops visited were stocking Irish in the Second Survey.
A somewhat similar contrast was observed as between Liverpool and
Manchester. The Irish position was strongest in Cardiff, Newport and
Swansea, where half the shops were selling no other butter, and of the
remainder nearly half were selling more Irish than any other type.
Foreign Butters.
‘The most important of the foreign butters on the United Kingdom
market is Danish. In 1929, the import of butter from Denmark was
nearly 60 per cent. of the imports from foreign countries, and about
one-third of the total butter imports.
The following table shows the distribution of the shops stocking
Danish butter in the First Survey. Supplies of Danish butter show
very little seasonal variation, and as the position in the Second Survey
was almost unchanged, it is not recorded here.
TABLE 16.—Percentage of Independent and Multiple Shops in each
Area stocking Danish Butter.
(First Survey, April-June.)
Independent ..
Multiple ..
All Shops
A
|
5 | ;
SE»
Bg | A
ew
Xy
g
E
Q
3
—
Q
J
a, |
J
D
5
=
Le
.H 9 1 All
7 | § [Areas
gg Mrs
wy
rid
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69
79
88 |
83 1
56
20
2s
35
58
gg |
70
78
60
12 | 14 | 83 1 63 | 84 | go
80 | ss