BOBBY CALF SCHEME.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 65, 18 March 1938, Page 4

BOBBY CALF SCHEME.

DAIRY COMPANY'S SUPPORT. The diicotois Ot the I'e Awamutu Coopci.itive Daiij ('onipany. Limned, \c-lei-applo\o(l the -t iienie ot tin' Mini-'t'l ot -Marketiic-'. tiie Hon. \\'. Xash. for or.icily maiketin;: i>t bobby calves. Tbc\ agiccd to ciicu'.aiisc all supjdicis lciomtlu ni to -uppoit the M heme, v. itieli i inan.it"d tioni tiie paitj lioaid and th" I- ~i niei.-' L'nion J>ti. (I > . tin- pi 0p,.-;i]s uin.ld nic,in that loial pool ale.is would be denned. ,Ip,; evei.v ; inner would be nijuiied to >■ !; hi< bobl-.y calves to til" pool. J-.ai. h jiool would b' (outiolled by <i committee i epr>ent ing the iai niei s. a' ting nnd°r t'iie supet v'isiou o; tiie Dairy Hoard, with power to arrange 1 ontr.ii Is tor tiie collection of bob'ov calves. 'J'he committees would assume full responsibility ior the operations ot their l'c.-Npcetive pools, and would have eonlioi ot the prcxlui t right up to. and including, the selling point. It. is a scheme of cooperative marketing in the fullest sense ot the term. In practice, the Daily Hoaid would inl"i ven,' onlv i: some condition of (llieigoncy atose. 'I here would be powci to make a small levy to cover the cost of opf'latlllg tlle>e ]it>ols. I lie le Awaniiitu Dairy Co. direi tois consiiler the scheme woul.l not i.-.-uiit competition among the lmyeis: that it would clieet a con-idi'! aide reduction in cost, ot collection : that it would assure a lair iiuiionn price to each tanner in a dlr-trict. iiascd on the lii.ukct value of the product: and that it would eliminate the complaints by local bodies and transport autlioi ities concerning the uneconomic running ot motor lorries engaged in this sideline i*f the dairying industry.