THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
A CONFERENCE. BY T 2LKGIUPU—PBBiS ASSOOr .TION . AUCKLAND, May 14. _ At Ofcahuhu last evening considerably over ]OO dairy farmers and milk auppiiirs met in conference to diaciH3 matters of importanco affecting r-""thlTTndnstry. General dissatisfaction was expreajecte'with the present contract system;, whereby the vendors paid 7d per gallo i for milk during the period extending from September Ist to March Ist, and 8d per gallon from March Ist to August 313t. - A After a very lengthy discussion it -<Sva3 decided that fresh contracts should be entered into only on a recarrangement of price 3, and the following scale W33 fixed:—From September to January, 7d per gallon; January to April, 8d per gallon; and from April to September 9d per gallon. It was further resolved that should the Auckland vendors increr.se the price above; 4d per quart the sup'pliara should receive DO per cent, of the increase. Other important resolutions were passed, including a motion in favour of the sal) of milk by weight. The new regulation making a 3.25 per cent, butter fat teat in milk imperative; was discussed and generally refarre.i to as being a standard impossible to attain all the year round.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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196THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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