DAIRY CONTROL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1926, Page 9

DAIRY CONTROL

STABILISING BODIES

"VARIOUS KINDS OF BOARDS.

Au Australian Press Association cablegram dated Bth June records that a conference in, Brisbane, attended by representatives of all the States, de- I cided to stabilise the Australian dairy industry by setting up butter and cheese boards in each. State to act in collaboration with each other and the Federal Dairy Produce Control Board. Concerning the latter body, the- Melbourne "Argus" recently wrote:—"Dairy farmers in the Commonwealth are to be congratulated upon the fact that members of the Dairy ProduceExport Control Board are business men who have been associated with the dairying industry for many years. For that reason the board .is capable of taking a broad view of matters relating to the industry; whereas less experienced men would pei'haps adopt measures that would possibly be more to the disadvantage than to the advantage of producers. Mr. H. W. Osborne, in an address before the conference of butter and cheese factory managers, outlined the policy of the board. Mr. Osborne pointed out that the board is not attempting to carry out revolutionary plans, nor has it shown any desire to disturb existing channels of trade. On the contrary, it has paid a tribute to London merchants through the holding of weekly conferences of the London agency and trade, which has assisted the board towards improv-. ing the organisation for marketing Australian butter.

"Methods adopted by New Zealand nave been criticised adversely by London merchants, but the Federal Produce Export Control Board has received favourable comment because it has not withheld butter in London from the market. . Producers in the Commonwealth cannot bo impressed otherwise than favourably with the board's policy, which is designed to win the goodwill of consumers in the United Kingdom. This is one of the most important questions to be studied by Australia, for the British consumer is the dominating factor in the market. For that reason every effort should be made to improve the quality of the butter, and, while the methods of marketing are satisfactory, Australian butter should find its way into a steadily increasing number of British homes."