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Show .- German Butter Trade. ' The trade In German butter with the United Kingdom, the principal market, has (the British consul re-forts) re-forts) had to contend with the sharp competition of other butter exporting ) countries, particularly Denmark, Rus- l ula and Canada, and has decreased of late years to' a considerable oxtent, . says London Grocer. On the other I hand, tho Import of foreign butter ' into Germany has increased during j the last eight years from 18,000,000 , to 20,000,000 marks. To a statement . of the Prussian minister for agrlcul-I agrlcul-I turo that the German butter, partlcu- j larly the so-called factory butter, Is ;: no longer considered good In the I . United Kingdom, tho German butter -ip exporters mado the following reply: I " Tho reason for tho decreased export ' docs not lie In the quality of the but- rl - . ter, but In the fact that the British I Importers will not pay a high price. Business Is only possible If tho German Ger-man butter enn bo supplied a little cheaper than tho Danish butter, nnd ' this Is not possible, tho nvcrage an nual homo prices being higher than in Denmark. |