DAIRY CONTROL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 122, 26 May 1927, Page 5

DAIRY CONTROL.

FURTHER POOL PAYMENTS.

AUTHORISED BY BOARD.

BETTER MARKET PROSPECTS. (Br Telegraph—Special to -Sm.-| WELLDCGTOX, tba day. Tbe Dairy Control Board, at it* monthly meeting, welcomed Mr. W. Goodfellow on bis return from London. It di£cussed hi* report on marketing conditions and reserved dmeion on *omc important questions involved until tbe June meeting. The formation of a management committee to control tbe dairy research laboratory was noted with satisfaction, aa indicating that progren wa« likely to be made in problems affecting the dairy industry. Important cablet from the London manager were discussed aad it in tbe impression that improved marketing condition* are likely to bo maintained till Chrietma*. Tbe London manager reported tbat the English Merchandise Marks Act present* one difficulty, at retailers are aot obliged to mark Xew Zealand produce as mch. it being sufficient to designate it Empire produce Pool Payments. Tbe board has completed payments on the first pool and in regard to tbe second creamery butter pool, ending with gradings at April 30, it was reported that the total comprised 1,633,000 boxes. It is expected that the final butter of this pool will be shipped in the middle of June. Tbe board decided to make further payment over tbe whole quantity of a penny a pound about the cad of June, representing the distribution, of ££50.000 and bringing the average paid out to 1/2J £o.b. The cheese pool, which covers the whole eea*on, will, it is estimated, total 972,000 crates by the end of July. A further payment of approximaiclv £110,000 will be made oa this pool at the end of next week, bringing the total advance to 7d. A further 2d per lb oa the wbey butter pool will be distributed next week. 6o Per cent of Batter Sold. It was shown that 60 per cent of the season's butter output and Sβ per cent of the cheese has beca cold. Gradings for the eight months to April 30, tbow that 79.3 per cent of butter and S(LB per cent of cheese were graded "finest." Advances have totalled: Butter, £3,714,* 840; whey butter, £70,776; cheese, £3.523,034. Mr. Goodfellow's Views. Mr. Good fellow indicated that, in his opinion, the suspension of tbe pricefixing policy of tbe board was a colossal blunder. lie considered tbat if tbe board I had only stood firm for another few weeks everything would have been definitely stabilised. Pooling under tbe present conditions was a mistake. He further considered tbat the board should do the whole job or nothing. Mr. Goodfellow gave notice to move at the nest meeting: That tbe pooling of dairy produce be terminated as from April 30." Mr. Bryant gave not ke to move at the next meeting: That the price-fixing policy of the board be reinstated. ,.