impish)!‘ 29111230" H *

r (Continued from me 1)

m; to President Dewar). “ . nignregrettomenottobeabis‘ p; attend your convention and study n inn hand dsiryina conditions in you; province. perhaps ln-i-hflfllllii- pier I shall be able b0 d0 tilllmd It m. time to see morekof the/actual wnditions in the farms "and dilly factories. 3 _

You will want to know something of the National Dairy _,oouncii in which you lend yfllll‘ WPPUW 5,9111%‘ mm; n! Whit. lb lb dtllfi8‘fi\d min; of how we spend ythfi money which tile Dairy Iflfiilbtfy 0i Canada enlrilsts to us. . '

Some changes have been made in m, toy-laws of the ‘NationalDairy council for the purpose or. cutting down unnecessary expense. The winter executive meeting. hold in Western Canada, has been abolished. The annual meeting will be held in future in Marcie alter all the" dele- gnus have been appointed» at- the various provincial conventions. The annual meeting will be he1d_.apart from any convention and will ._beva strictly business meeting. ~Members will not have to bc absent on account of (lliliCS connected with some other convention going on at the same time. Thus we shall~ accomplish more. Lastly, it was decided to re- tsin the membership oithc" Council at the present figure of thirty-three. but to choose each year from among the membership. twenty men "who would be the sole voting, expense- paid dricgatcs to the Meeting. -Thus the valuable contacts which the l-illfty-HIYEQ membcrshave with the industry are preserved and we save about $1,000.00 and avoid the great difficulty of failing to give represen- tation to the various bodies concern- ed. The abolition ‘of the winter exe- cutive meeting saves about $2,000.00, so we have a total saving oi about $3,000.00 per year. ‘This money will be uscrl in publicity work and in nork through the schools togeducate people to use more dairy products. _

By the time this is read to you, the hearings before the Tariff Board, in the matter of tariffs‘ on butter and cheese. will have been completed. The Brief presented by the council has been widely published and no doubt you have ail seen it. In it wa ask for a " grlentygensrai tariff

against these countries which are uio only ones from whichweirnport butter, and practically amounts .00" a restoration of what protections" had before. The seven cent general tariff is only abasis from which to grant a British preference of three cents and as no butter is to be ex- pected from countries "other than Australia and New Zeaiand, the "ef- fsctive protection of four cents, which is a little less than ten per cent ad vaicrem. x

Necessary Protection

The council in asking for this rate oi duty does so with the belief that it is a necessary protection and may restore the Industry so that such W)’ large and rapidly increasing im- iiol-ts of New zeaiand butisr will not be necessary after a few years. It is not necessary for m0 W tell dairy-- nlvn ill ‘the Maritime Provinces what ciiect this importation has upon W"! industry. You “see the butter land- “l Bi your doors. You have not even 1hr slight protection afforded by the "Piilhi tales from Halifax :10 D0131“ in the interior of oanada and you know very well thlt the 921M‘?! 511W ter in Canafllil hi“! i7? thl NOW Zealiind importation for thsvwbol winter season. - ‘ 4

Let me Answer l‘ few of the obilc-

vyuvvtoi-u

Do Hilde" " Final " gigssiohls

. tions that have ‘been nildeiagainsit

.- ha. does so, or

"ti" "mo; of the Tariff on an agri- cultural commodity. It is said thit if farmers ask for a, tariff on thfe thing! that they sell. that they‘ will not be in a good position to" ask for great reductions in the tariffs on the things which they buy. which now places them at such- a disadvantage To this I would say that there is no likelihood of the farmers getting re'- ‘Vcf i-hroush a " downward m. if! revision and that a duty of ten per cent is still very far below the dcgreeof protection in force on most manufactured srticles which the m. iner buys.

It has been said that a tarifl wolud so-j-stimulate production that we would soorr be on an export bests and lose the benefit of it. I hope so, but I doubt it. The dairymen of Can- ada would have to increase tileir butter production by do, ,ooo lbs. per‘ year to do that now, and at the present rate of change. even much greater amounts will need to be im- ported in the next fcwyears. _ ‘\ The tariffs "we have asked for are very moderate: they give the prefer- ence to-Australia and New Zeeiand to which British ‘Dominions shoui be ‘entitled. and they willgiventhe needed encouragement to Canadian dairymen which will enabirus to re-_ gain the independent cont of our own market. '

,. »~ .-.

General" Condition

Let me now make some remarks. about "the gencraFcondition of the

dairy industry". I titfnot think we

have much" cause‘ lobe satisfied with

it or complacent aboutit. Neither do

I think that "wehsve any cause for

despair, but "we shotllciset ourselves

like men" to remedy‘ the defects" and

tnbuild a better‘ economic structure,

able, not" only to hold ‘our own mar-

ket but'to ‘stand in world competi-

tkm . ..

What dowe "see as we survey the

"industry as awhole in Canada‘? we

see a lack bf’ profit in the production

of milk for manufacturing purposes

that is causing a rapid decline in but-

ter production relative tothe domes-

tic denisndand ayless rapid but still very great decrease in cheese produc-

tion. Frotrfan ‘ exporter of butter,

Oanada_has‘now"'becomo the third

largest "importer" of, that‘ commodity". ln the worlchbcing exceededonly by England "and Germany. Present in-

dicationsare for" a continued decline

in the "export of cheese. "

" we see a tradein fluid milk and

cream "to" the ‘cities "which enjoys

prices which, while "by no means too

high in "themselves," are nevertheless

so much higher than that obtainable

for manufacturing milk, that a sur-

plus of milk is attracted to the cities" with resulting ‘economic waste and

the loss of ‘the "benefit which might

accrue to" the sellers of fluid milk

from" the higher price. '" _

Now what are we going td do about it? If you will think over what I have said. you will realise that all these facts point to the need of" mar- keting organisation. Originating with the producer, and in tum impelling him to produce whet the market wants when it wants it. and giving to each producer-his due according to the quaiityof his productnA lot of work has been done by manyag- ienciel working at the problem of dairy production. A lot of" excellent vol-lends been done in grading the finished product and in supervising its manufacture. Between these two sets of activities there" is‘ a‘ gap: The farmer-As told to produce and to‘ he does in'a more or less hapnisafd. say. ‘Thg. finished product mustbs ireded and sold in "a certain manner slid-its manufacture must be ‘siiperviyllj- Well and good. But how does the raw product from the farnyiet from moi soy-men's hands to the stegirtf a rlnuhcd" products dhzoush who» hsindsdcsc it pea and why? nouns always go _int6 the- channefwhich will yield the boat's-stunts. allithinia considered! "n the gal-nice constrain- ad to produce what the rnarkefwants and is he sufficiently rewarded

.wheu‘_he doesnotiv. "H" _ Marketing organisation

b

basis" oi grads abduct.

dern and efficient

, The National Dairy Council is vitally importantto the dairy indus- apnmpnlwd \m the support o; m, yoniitgrzgfilziéi pgiznsmzxzltlgies‘: Nfitioflfil 138-111’ (FWIWH- " ‘ 301d below market price-Th! ""5 Brunswick was underseiiing the No- tn the detrement of the ‘industry. and speaks with one voice.

Mr. Outten of Truro, memberof the Nltkmll Deity . °°!"'.°'1..‘1"°° 1921' place at z p. m. the problem of mar- Mtt M19168“ i111! Wembly siipilu‘ keting dairy produce through "u menting w. lpewarb report 111 vlflilu-‘l Maritime agency was discussed. phases. l-Iespokc ofythe olcoma. rlI\e'thrqll._lli1i_9l$|-5Fl¥\$ ljhillllh d°l" tlons committee with regard to this mant. frhc ‘National Dairy Council. question brought forward the foi- the speaker, inforlncd his hearers. lowing resolutioni: does not deal with loo-l "questions. but». with matters ' of Dominion Wide dividual factories often leads to com- interest. such "o" the importation o! pctitive selling resulting in loss be- Nev/ Zeland. ‘biltter and matter! cause of one factory underselllng the similar. i924 there was no other. ‘Ihercfore resolved that this ‘Aifstraiia, but there association take under consideration

.l'i&I.‘llO6l1'"(,.22'1,1>5Brlb!. imported the central marketing of our dairy

rant tint sdiea for-tbs to crib-platonic

01.‘ U1!‘ ill-if! industry; luehhtabalizinsleflect on the jacket. The Wthqiaitr stilt-ina- nwititwhich sneaker advised on farmers to get well advised clear of the low producing cow. " '

1155"“ _ Hcrcaro some forlnsl Mr- Hicks, Montreal. cheese grader which-jsucb organizations might take: expressed his pleasure at being pre- "ihiblllk Pools tributary to thecit- sent. The ies" would eell milk "whotessle Prince Edward Island has as good a "to independent dealers and distribute season in mo as bad any _ province the money to the membership on the of Canada as far as the dairy in- Buch pools dustry was concerned. In his report should develop to the point where on grading he stated that as for as ‘My would own their own country butter is co -‘_ if. isimposaibi

plant for disposal cf surplus or such to ascertain the quality definitely, on llllillile might boyifspcsed of through account of the small amount offered orkanisations as described in is). In for grading. Manitoba ranks high no case is the surplus to be shipped with ‘i575. oi’ the production graded.

speske thought that

According to the table ‘the butter

i?) '91P“! 0001s covering reason- of the eastern provinces did not grade lbly self contained districts. -These as high as formerly. Prince Edward would’ make butterin large centrai- Island made s high percentage despite izer factories} encourage finality and this fdct. The lower pertaentageof winter production and help to smooth grade in the west war/duo‘ to the out. "the ~vlolent nluctuations in the quality of cream received.

local supply of butter. They might " also "at times furnish sweet cream. "i?" Th! ownership by farmer co- throughout the . nonunion. in the operatives of- a "number ‘of large, mo- c "ality of the product. Prince Edward country plants island leads all provinces at the Nimble ‘of making butter. cheese or present time with 91.07% an increase condensed some or of lhliiping rluid of "ssscohn seven years’. ~Ontlrio has milk "or cream as the market might heretofore »led the list but a-poor

Since cheese grading first began a great. improvement has been noted

season . caused a drop of 153% last

" Wherever a local farmers‘ co-oper- year. . atlve existed. it should have as one ofiits functions the purchase" of the dairy instructors in Ontario has necessary feed- through a central done "much to improve quality and bodyllwhelreby very considerable sav methods. mach instructor 1s forced ing-s can be affected. . The ‘dliiryindustry incoming to organization. It is impossible to realize that. it must avail itself of all make first class cheese out of second possible benefits resulting-from bet- class lmiik. The man-who. makes- ’ such cheese of 02.5 standing imows how benefits are very. clearly to-be seen to handle the men _who are supply- in" the‘ case of primary productssuch in: him.

as svheit. wool and more recent, live- stock, eggs and" poultry. The dairy why prints are not graded Mr. Hicks problem is no doubt a more complex: stated that it is irnpossibicyto examine one thlniany of these. nevertheless. all the prints in a box.

whatl others have clone. we can do. Iiet us‘ therefore work withjthia ob- thosolution of the problem when iective. The creation of a nuirkcting complaints are made concerning tests orgorillltion eflicientlenough to ef- the speaker statedthat in Ontario feet reafsavings ind strong enough Fifi. tests are made by officials. , Other to guide production activity/into the ‘samples can be retested omciaily on most profitable channel. " is a great work and will take testing crcanris to test every can oi time and patience and determination cream. -

lii the face of obstacles and setbacks. To its accomplishments we must be on the lgtter phase, all existing machinery which can be rnide effective and more mllfit Dlr- tendant expressed the opinion that naps become re-organidaiion ofex- once a month is 1| isting agencies. In all this the Na- i. was the to. . tionai "Dairy Council has a part and such o. system is not a good one. an increasing part to play. As fast as the industry furnishes the sinews if system of daily testing very satis- war.‘ we wiiitry l0 "$9 "10"! V! the factory. Mr. Layton McCabe repres- beit ldvlllirflde RM Wli-h- U19 Oblfivi- entative reported. This is the one of bringing Order out of what, is now factory which practices daily testing.

A system of organizations . under

Y to tags a personal interest .in~his

In answer to the question asto

In answer to the question "as tn

complaint. The ideal method of

Considerable discussion V“ took place Mr. .1.‘ A. McDonald Dairy Superin-

‘ly enough.‘ us of opinion that

Ilazelbrook factory has found the

It was moved seconded and adopted

F. E. M. ROBINSON . that the sum of 81200 be voted for

expenses. v It was also moved that $250 be

THIRD SESSION

At the third session. which took Mr. Itoy McLean for the resolu-

Whereas the keting of dairy products by in-

products with the hope ofiater in-

The totals from New Zesland have eluding the Maritime cooperative been try-finality ikrger. 10,000,000 lbs marketing of all dairy products. in

we landed in Halifax s few days m. crhls blnici- ‘a indirect" com- culture scnt out circulars inviting

realm-I to. Zia-as“.- Pwt“ "w"

November the Deparment of Agri-

members appointed from ‘various factories to a meeting to discuss con

. e ¢§°yjn§i'i' ignoijasking for pro- and pro the question of a central loom, ibis" ohiy ' "that conditions ~of i020 be _restnre_d.

marketing agency. " Many factiify mcn sell to salesmerrwho arenot

in‘ Qnmumnn 1n acquainted with actual prices and

csn-d-Ithét. i.- M . ‘Emil u“ d” mandq Ifljesidsnt Robinson has ex- oiiulloh ' "that increased the industry back toga" former 'st's'._tus particularly in

this money is lost. The benefits of po-operative marketing "" is, undoubt- ed and unquestioned. "

In response to the question of Mr. I-Iallett whether Mr. Boulter had any figures for the costwof kueh a

nnnnlnnhlon

from sour and scidwsomnht

m, oo_open"uonl a project the latte: stated that’? rslliissl. owe-lei“ love“ i“ 221i. "£3322 ‘if. oiffitiilnloi... midi: of the tsriif, as not belnk in i’

' vbut of ‘the rfarlners. -Ali obisetions “i "cg-gowns" by President K A member or the sol/em- Ilunitnston. Quebec l"!

non. w. or. us. Minister. of Ar- .i - l " " - - r g-imyignre, reported a considerable are" -m'~'§uli$ropnifo'dl§f" some in lmlm?" "9"" 1'9".“ ibis imm- -" I _ JINNWQQP product. A large number of sales- men cause coniusion in the actual

Do you sulersitci mill with I have beers-trouble '

- r. onEro-rrlzrnvvlvfclisanvsv I market prices. man should ‘be “m” ‘° "w" ' I"°""‘"P"1“ m" the Minister of Agriculture and the

cm two ‘punt-A No"- swm mm lDairy Superintendent be directed to

P111888“ that Island farmer's de- ~ ' . resting themselves as regards price. u” n!” o‘ “m” w“ “ammo”

AlthQllIh 1061i Mild! might b! kill m” “In would/b” "um! ‘mun’ where the factory test and the offi- o-olo» o o. 2:: rust: 2:. also should have dailies" gallon to be the actual percentage. ' iiéifif~n°liaits~litfi .3.‘ifi°‘tf.‘i“£..?l‘fif.l.i‘ioffil’fit

out the Maritime

fiscal one.

ern wheat pool as succassiuLco-op-

ing outside ' a co-operativp organisa- tion is not a worthy one. The De-

but to "advise. The expense would not nearly" amount to‘ the slinlinow lost through “cuttingin in "prices the one‘ 9n the other, _ ‘ ' Ferguson expressed the opin- ionthat all-"wohld bein "sympathy with the move ir"lt would ‘not ‘hind- erlocal trade.‘ - ~- ' 5 Mr. Layton MeCsbc. flareibrook. statedfithat‘ h_e had-never heiarci ‘of cooperative marketing failing." Men fermion-line mil-act no selling in the dark. . a." condition which ; would be remedied by the existence of one salesman acquainted With/tilt} mar- ket.- , -_ John A. Profltt, likeetown) express- ed, himself in sympatnyq as co-oper- atlve marketing has -prov_en‘ success- ful .so.fa_r in other industries,.and in dairying asweil. '

Mr." "J. Bernard. Tignish, expressed the opinion that the success of such a" move would be undoubted. While there are the good points such ‘an organization will" also have its faults’. It would" not be well that." Island pro- ducts should lose their identity‘. Many would -like to know-the powers of such an organization whetherun- limited or entirely co-operative. De- lay in‘marketing under the present system till just before pay day is very common salt is not. till that time that money is needed. Such de- lays are not good practice.

itlr. ILA. Darby thought that a system similar to that ofthe FOX Breeders’ Association could be work- ed out. That money could be forth- coming to-pay the farmers monthh/ from money on hand. The produce is now being sold blindly. Produce need ‘not then be dumped on "the market during a slump in price with a recovery clearly imminent]

Mr. ‘punch, "rhuo. corroborated the information given by m. Boui- ter. Prince Edward Isiandis taking a step in advance oi Nova Bcotia "and New runswickuA Dairy Association was formed in Nova-Bcotlisx-ih i014. The same probiems-of-blind market- ing woremet- with. Cream was often

soon. Association sendsh a letter each Tuesday morning to factory- mcn with an "itemized statement of prices. The Montreal price plus freight tothat pointwas vformerly adopted as" the local market price. At the present time the priceis set according tothai: of New zeaiand. The system is 03% perfect. There is scarcely a factory in Nova Bcotia underseliing another at‘ thepresent time. The buyer will take advantage of those whgydo not know the mar- ket condition. ‘rile speaker. tiioilitllt that the, system should work in this province." ‘Figuring the first cost aliouldynot enter into the ‘question

would _bc"_wlil_ing to send the Island

move endehvbr to creiite‘ a uni- form price". Ontario produced thrfle

in on one another‘). Everybody" P9- ceives" a "feir testyusuailv. --'I'he flyi-

licu 0th. better one.

a

1

fefftlliltt ‘Ind

erativeorgcnlsations.‘Thepraotice of 63km i‘ m d k- - d f his Pmfiun.‘ mdivmuflly “hue "Fwd" asslstanlce ires-ibzllttriirzr thuenindplfstry.

Pmm-m" ‘m’ “bl ‘"55 ‘° Wm“ factory way in which the "grading

as the system" will‘ pay itself. The good u might b, dun-ad, speaker" furthcr stated " that N.- S.

"l9. W99“! it'd". 15' 55ml“? The formationgiven at the sessions of

“Pile-Q H1155“ bum!‘ '3 u“ "u"? whereas cow: testing" work has been Mlfliiml?" Pibvin¢el5 ‘WW [mm greatly retarded under the present lilmllilllhe “m5 9111'" '9'°"in°e5 W‘ system resolved that cow testing

item liahworkcd "remarkably well‘ in

blr-‘Billllfl W886i"! lhltlnums’ month was changed to testing daily iggm seems lacking.“ The details of hefijnd spoken against the move. tlie‘_bifq.igéilhflil,o"fiii_t yell?!" WWW“ Island farmerb. have" dropped out. oi out.‘ The caviar" could. 1.10% b“ “l” the work since that tune. atithe" end oi theseason.‘ Poolifl! -1t is no good carrying on tests should has monthly practiceBuI-i- without six samples three days PM‘ piyinsulhl 1008111017119? 91'3"“ M‘ month. There is no way of telling" stand inthelwsy of co-operli-li"! without testing, whether a new sire- . such as the Rotatodrowers‘ Ass‘n-. mgyggeingj" ' ’ - that co-operative marketing can be carried on successfully. The cost not the question. the alrn should be . - the prompt disposal of the product W“? i‘ "f"; ‘fkhguggfi at the best possible ome- bifnself. in avo l,

. AWVOi-lilbll 09km" "V" "ma." herds. Farmers will not do the un- by‘ severafspeaksljs aithoush l" W” necessary work. ‘Mr. Cook could car- considered agood b01103’ W P5 “QT ry on thc testing .work. Three con- tinng, Thenairymens Co-op.,bf Ori- sgeutive days collection of test milk tarlo has been a heiP $01M! Pf"- would be better than collecting dur- lncc,"‘it~ess pointed oiltllend I wi- lrlg days scattered throushout the trai silesjsohribwouldlbfan ‘cxcel- ntbnm, w

m. Patties" oil's-b tholishi- thei- the cow testing association work is it would be well for the gnome“ w an excellent thing and is the only take a‘_lea_f out ofithe-p,ot_ain_ 0°‘?- way to keep a check on‘ the prosrcw ers book. nicjssodiafloo h» ‘MW of a herd in productio . and" nofilhls a llrgo turnovclnivuyl - ' t equlplrlentlnd hsafh! gm“; york be placed on the old coasidcoecycffithdbent} T110 ‘"1"? basis cr-couecuhg three times a strife ‘matterpfkoonfldenoe. ‘The month, » ma.‘ been" ht imilarlto the

' "fertiliser 4M" ‘Pmii’ alum naming the following execu-

A "' -. Quéena County-at. l1: Stevenson

much toibe desired the attention of

1y adopted. Mr. Layton McCain cited a case

Mr. McGregor "suggested that a

Mr. "J. A." McDonald, for the interest

. A similar» "resolution "was extended to_Mr. P‘. T. Morrow for the satis-