BUTTER MARKETING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 22 September 1933, Page 12

BUTTER MARKETING

SECURING STABILISATION. DAIRY BOARD DECISIONS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. The first Dominion conference convened by the Dairy Produce Board concluded this afternoon. Proposals for a more equitable system of marketing butter sold locally were discussed and were accepted as a genuine attempt by the industry to overcome the chaotic conditions under which price-cutting was general. The proposals, which embody the setting up of a New Zealand local setabilisation committee, without interference with the existing system of factories patting for local supplies, were endorsed. London parity will be the basis of prices, but with reasonable cost for patting and distribution. A somewhat similar 'report on the marketing of cheese in New Zealand was also discussed, but delegates pointed out there were very many more difficulties in handling the local marketing of cheese than was the case with butter. The need for maturing cheese and the consequent cost of accommodating local market cheese on the shelves for a considerable period were pointed out as difficulties, but eventually the proposals were carried, subject to slight modification: Unanimous support was given to the action of the Department of Agriculture in introducing inilk grading. Speakers were emphatic in stressing the need for a still further improvement in quality and considered that milk grading was a very big step forward m the industry. Approval was also given to regulations brought down by the Department of Agriculture concerning the waxing of cheese. It was considered inadvisable to take any action towaids actually eliminating the waxing of cheese altogether until such 'time as results from the experimental factory in the Waikato, which is being conducted by the Dairy Division this season, are made known. Entire satisfaction with the Dairy Board as the effective head of the industry was expressed by the conference. Messrs J. A. McLeavey (president of the Manawatu provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union), N. Campbell and E. 0- Bond (representing the Dairy Farmers’ Union) attended the conference and met Mr Baxter. An itinerary has been drawn up for the latter, and he is expected to visit Palmerston North, but no definite information is yet available.