BUTTER SUPPLIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1926, Page 4

BUTTER SUPPLIES.

POLICY OF BOARD OUTLINED

WELLINGTON. -March

" That is not the policy of the board.” said Air T. ('. Brash, secretary of the Dairy Prod nee Board, when asked for any comments the hoard eared to make on matters brought forward at Hawern by the Dairy Commissioner. Air Singleton, with special reference to the holding hack of produce for long periods in anticipation of higher than current prices. Mr Singleton had said that he had been advised of butter, graded as far hack as January, 1112.5, being in store. It required good butter to stand that test. he. added, hut, while it was only New Zealand butter that would stand i>. the reputation of the produce was likely to suffer by such holding. Air Brash said that butter, held for so long, wlit her it was the property of factories or firms, was liable to deterioration in quality, but such operations were foreign to the policy ol t.he hoard, which would come into operation on August 1. ”No attempt will be made by the hoard to totally withhold dairy produce from the market with a view of forcing up the price, 'fhe hoard's proposal is to “ feed ” the market with regularity. if possible, avoiding any glut as well as any undue restriction of supplies. At present individual factories, or firms, have to act without knowledge of what other factories or firms are doing in supplying the market. Under the hoard’s policy supplies will he regulated after the full facts of the position have been obtained and considered. hurtleoinnro. the board realises that, to withhold -produce from the market when prices are low. is not in the best interests of the consumer or the producer, 'file hoard has no control at present over marketing operations in any shape or form, ft has nothing at all to do with the holding back or liberation of supplies for market. Any reservations now taking place in London are lb" result of the independent actions of

individual factories or firms. “ In connection with the shipping u. produce, the hoard lias arranged that reasonable quantities of produce _wdl la- shipped per month from. New Zealand. so as to provide for regular arrivals in the United Kingdom. Ihe board has no control whatsoever at

the present, time over produce I nun Xew Zealand arriving in Crcat Britain.’’