DAIRY CONFERENCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 6

DAIRY CONFERENCE

OPENING IN WELLINGTON ON JUNE 28 ANTICIPATION OF LIVELY DISCUSSIONS. COSTS AND GUARANTEED PRICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The National Dairy Association Conference opens on June 28 in Wellington. Among lively topics to be considered are costs of production, mainly labour, and the guaranteed prices for butter and cheese. A remit regarding costs will draw the Government's attention to their serious effect on the industry. In regard to guaranteed prices, a motion will be that the price for 1939-40 be the price recommended by the Advisory Committee for the season 1938-39, viz., 15.603 d per lb. for butter, plus all known added costs. A Cambridge remit also asks what action dairy companies propose to take should the Government not accede to the above. A Maungaturoto motion will strongly oppose any suggestion of change in the personnel of the A'dvisory Committee and that an assurance from the Government is proposed to be sought and obtained, if possible, that increased production arising out of the improved efficiency of the dairy farmer will result in a corresponding increase in the farmer’s income. NATIONAL SHOW MOST COMPREHENSIVE DISPLAY FOR SOME TIME. PALMERSTON NORTH, This- Day. The thirty-seventh National Dairy Show opened in dull and mild weather. The display is one of the most comprehensive seen here. The official opening is being performed by Sir H. Batterbee, High Commissioner for Great Britain, this afternoon.