DAIRY PRODUCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 250, 21 July 1942, Page 4

DAIRY PRODUCE

Change From Cheese To

Butter

STEPS TO COMPLY WITH BRITISH REQUEST Steps have been taken to give effect to the decision of the New Zealand Government and the Dairy Industry Council that the dairy production target for the 1942-43 season should be 90,000 tons of cheese and the maximum production of butter in accordance with the request of the United Kingdom Government. The Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, Mr. Barclay, announced last night that an Order is being prepared under his authority to "become effective as from August 1 directing that all suppliers who during the past two seasons have changed over from .butter to cheese supply shall now revert to the creamery which they supplied before the original changeover, i.e., during the 1939-40 season. The Minister said that, in addition, the Dairy Supply Control Order, 1941, and the special Orders Issued to individual suppliers under the Primary Industries Emergency Regulations would also be revoked. In some instances the farms concerned, would have changed ownerships, and in eveiy case where the term “supplier” was used, this would mean the original supplier or the present occupier of the farm involved. Any exemptions from this general Order would lie made only with the consent of the Minister or his delegated authority. “The completion of this new Dairy Supply Control Order, taken in conjunction. with the arrangement for a special ipayjment of lid. a lb. butterfat in respect of the supply delivered for the manufacture of butter during the coming season, automatically releases the 1 Government from >any liability in respect of shed equipment purchased by the suppliers concerned and the various subsidies provided for in previous agreements,” said Mr. Barclay. “This arrangement, however,- still leaves a liability in respect of individual eases of hardship and loss by redundancy in respect of materials and buildings purchased or erected by dairy companies themselves. Rubber Shortages. “It was also necessary to advise, the dairy industry generally of the serious situation which has arisen in respect of tyres, and the possible effect of rubber shortages on the collection of milk and cream. This position is so acute that the Transport Department has decided that the collection Of dairy products from farms must be arranged on a basis which will conserve tyres to the maximum extent possible. “The (Minister of Transport is accordingly circularizing all dairy companies requesting that meetings .be held between company representatives in the various districts with a view to effecting the necessary economy in transport utilization. Should transport requirements necessitate further adjustments within the industry, these must be treated as a separate problem and one entirely divorced from the present change-back from cheese to butter production resulting from the request of the United Kingdom Government.

“I am sure that all company directorates and their shareholders will appreciate the seriousness of the position and co-operate to the fullest extent with the transport authorities so that the necessary economy to be secured can be satisfactorily arranged on a voluntary basis.”