BRITISH DAIRYING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22250, 26 October 1935, Page 9

BRITISH DAIRYING

DISTRIBUTORS COMPLAIN

NEW CONTRACT TERMS MORE MANUFACTURES POSSIBLE The British dairying industry may be on the threshold oi important and far-reaching changes, writes an English correspondent. The Milk Marketing Board has just issued its new contract terms, the general tendency of which is to endeavour to reduce the distributive margin in respect of the sale of milk for liquid consumption instead of granting the distributors 1 demand for lower prices to the farmer. The Marketing Board contends that the distributors enjoy a working margin of 11-Jd a gallon, compared with the lOd received by the farmer.

The distributive trade has not hesi- j taU'd to voice its dissatisfaction with the new terms, and the Central Milk ' Distributive Committee is reported to have instructed the trade not to sign the new contracts and announces its intention to appeal to the Minister oi Agriculture. The Milk Marketing Board, however, seems to hold the whip hand since it possesses statutory authority to prescribe contract terms and conditions. It is unlikely that the milk distributors will, without a : struggle, yield to the curtailment of their margin, and the possibility of the wholesale trade deciding to "buy short - ' on their liquid requirements and t-1 curtail manufacturing programmes has already been mooted. With the total milk output of Great j Britain rapidly expanding, the MiJk j Marketing Board would be faced by a bigger milk surplus than ever and the inevitable consequence would be that the board would be forced to go ahead with a manufacturing programme, j Whether the method employed involved j the principle of co-operation or not, it is almost certain that, once started, it would rapidly expand and the quantity : oi British butter, cheese and condensed i milk would be correspondingly increased. There would thus be introduced on the British market, a new factor of competition which might bring good or evil so far as overseas Empire producers are concerned. The accession of large quantities of British dairy manu- ; factures might recreate the recent disastrous glut of butter and cheese and precipitate prices, or it might, on the other hand, create a closer community of interest between Home and Empire producers, encourage co-operative measures for expanding the demand for dairy products, and consolidate an Empire front against foreign competition. | MEAT EXPORT SEASON ! FAVOURABLE PROSPECTS . I TRIBUTE TO MR. COATES i j [bt telegraph—OWN correspondent] DUNEDiy, Friday j Speaking at the annual meeting of the South Otago Freezing Company toi day, Mr. P. McSkimming, M.P., chair- ' man of directors, said the prospects for | the next season appeared to be good, | and he would advise farmers to make i full use of the system of placing their ! meat direct on the London market. It j appeared from indications over the last | few years, he said, that the man who i consistently consigned came out on top. ! Referring to the meat negotiations I with the United Kingdom, Mr. Mcj Skimming said the results more than j justified the expenditure. He gave Mr. I Coates credit for doing his job well. In reference to the question of com- | petition in the meat industry, Mr. j McSkimming said there was a danger ! that overseas meat interests might obI tain a " pull " that would enable I them to dictate prices to the farmer. | Shareholders must not think that that j was just imaginary. If those overseas | interests could obtain control in the i Dominion, or at the other end, they j could soon fix prices. Companies such I as their own were preventing that from | happening.

THE CITY MARKETS ROOT VEGETABLES DEARER HEAVY POULTRY SUPPLIES There were heavy supplies of new potatoes, green peas and cauliflowers at the City Markets yesterday. Root vegetables, carrots, parsnips and beet were in fair supply and prices were much higher than those ruling last week. The first of the new season's marrows met with a keen demand and brought high prices. Spinach was cheaper. In the fruit section, lemons were again a glut on the market, selling at very low prices. Hothouse tomatoes sold well, as did early gooseberries and strawberries. The Monowai is due on Monday with a shipment of apples and onions from Canada, and bananas, kumara, pawpaws and taro from Fiji. Supplies of poultry were fairly heavy and there was a keen demand for prime cockerels and young drakes. The prices for other table birds were inclined to be lower. Pullets and ducks were hard to quit. Yalues were:— FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes, new, 2d to 21d per lb.; southern, 10s xo lis Cd per cwt.: swedes, 3s to 4s a bag; onions, Califcrnian, ISs 6d a cental; kumaras. Tauranga, 5s to 7s a bag; cabbages. 2e Gd to (is 9d a sack; oil benches. Is to 2s a dozen; cauliflowers, 4s to 10s a sack; on benches. 2s to 4s Gd a dozen; pumpkins, ordinary, 6s to 10s per cwt.; choice Triumble. 13s to 17s per cwt..; cucumbers, 5s Gd to 9s Gd a dozen; carrots. Is to Is Gd a dozen; parsnips. Is 6d to 2s 3d a dozen; beet. Is Gd to 2s 3d a dozen; turnips. 9d to Is a dozen; radish, Gd to 9d a dozen; spring onions, 8d to Is 3d a bundle; spinach, Gd to 9d a dozen; leeks, 4d to 7d a bundle; green peas. Sid to 5d per lb.; French beans, hothouse. Is to Is Gd per lb.; broad beans. 4d to 5d per lb.; marrows, new season's, Gs a dozen; lettuce, 2s to Gs a case; celery, cooking. Gd to lOd a bundle; dessert. If Gd to 2s Gd a bundle: rhubarb, Is 6d to 3s Gd a dozen: asparagus. Gd to 9;d a bundle. FRUIT Apples. Delicious, Ss to lis a case: Sturmer. Ss to lis; Dougherty, 7* to 9s; pears, Nelis. Ss to 12s; passions. Gs to 12s; gooseberries. first of season. 10s to 14s; strawberries. Captain Cook, Is 9d to 2s Gd a chip; oranres. South Australian, IGs <o 25s a case; lemons, tun-d, Gs to Ps: others. 2s to >4s: grapefruit, New Zealand, large, 7s to 10s; small. 4s to lis: tomatoes, hothouse, small and medium. Is to Is Gd; Xo. 1. Is Gd to Is 9d a lb.; special. Is lid per lb.; bananas, 20s to 25s a case; tree tomnioes, 4s to 7s: grapes. Californian. 2?s Gd to 80s. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds. pr;me. 4s to Gs each; not prime. 2s up; light breeds, prime. 3s to 4s 3d; not prime. Is 3d up: fat roosters, heavy breeds, pr:«ne. Is 9d to 2s Gd; light breeds. Is 3d to Is 9d; fat bens, heavy breeds, 2s Gd to 3s Gd; light breeds. Is 9d to 2« Gd; pulleis, liea-ry breeds, best. Ss to 4s Gd: smaller. Is Gd up; light breeds, bfst. 3s to 4s Gd ; Is Gd up; drakes, young, prime. 2s 3d to 3s; old, Is 3d to 2s; ducks, young. Is Gd to 2s 3d; old. Is 3d to 2s; turkey hens. 4s to Gs; gobblers, Gs to 14s; cockerel chicks, heavy breeds, 4d to 2s: light breeds."4d to Is 3d; day-old chicks. Black Orpington, 3d to sd; Leghorn. 3d to 4d: guinea fowls, 3s to 3s Gd. BUTTER AND EGGS E'ggs. hen, firsts, 11 id a dozen; B, 9^-d; C, Bid. Duck, firsts, 10) d a dozen; B. 9«d: C, Tid. Butler, farmers', lid to Is 2d per lb. MELBOURNE PRODUCE MELBOURNE, Oct. .25 Following are to-day's quotations on the Melbourne produce market: — Wheat, 3s 9d. Flour, £'l2 10s. Bran, £5 ss. Pollard, £5 10s. Oats. 2s Id. Barley, English. 2s lOd to os. Maize, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. Potatoes, £lO 10s to £ll. Onions, £7 15s to £B.