DAIRY PRODUCE CONTROL

Evening Star, Issue 19327, 13 August 1926, Page 5

DAIRY PRODUCE CONTROL

AiSTMtUa BOARD'S REPOST BETTER PRICES OBTAINED. Press Association —By Telegraph— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY) August 13. (Received August 13, at 9.50 a.m.) The first report of the Dairy Produce Control Board, covering its work since its inception in February, 1925, which was tabled iu the House of Representatives, states that a marked feature of the system of organised marketing arranged by the board has bean the absence of those violent fluctuations jn prices in Australian butter and cheese in London which were frequent before the system of control was established. The board had undoubtedly secured for the producers much better returns for the export surplus of butter and cheese than would have been obtained under the former system. During 1925-26 the total quantity exported was 43,405 tons, of which 37,180 tons went to Britain. The export of cheese was 3,335 tons, 3,098 tons going to Britain. The board’s expenditure was £14,678, comprising £10,678 in administrative expenses and £4,000 for advertising propaganda.