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 
rT) 
69 
79 
88 | 
83 1 
56 
20 
2s 
35 
58 
gg | 
70 
78 
60 
12 | 14 | 83 1 63 | 84 | go 
80 | ss