16 The Australian Dried Fruits News October 20, 1932.

ORGANIZZER'S REPORT

Continued ft•om Pa·g 0 7) ,

,s(•~utions \VGl'c par,::;ed in f~tvutn· of contfl'ol.

Finally a genc~ral meeting of di:<­t: ict gro.-.vors was he'd at Tatura at 'vhich control 1.vas a.l:::;o agreed to and at an execut ve n1ee'-.i.ng of L1e N.\T, F. A. held at 'l'atura on 'i'uesdo..y, September 27. Mr. Balfour, chair­man of the Victorian State Board. ca.n1e a\vay from 1' armed \vith a resolu(io 11 favouring centro] by Gaul­burn Valley grO\Yers. After dis­cuss·n~· v~L~ ioun aspe'cts of the posi­tion ··.vith the. executive Mr. Stewart and myself came to the conclusion tl!at a canvass of gro,vei~s "'as not nece2sa.ry at :his juncture, and here we parted company, Mr. Ste\vart pr?ceeding to Tied C~iffs, and I to Quantcng,

QUANTONG QU:antong is situated about lG n1iles

fl·om Horsham (Victor:a), and has a pl'Oduction of between GO,OOO and 70.000 cases of fresh fruit of va.r:/n'5 va: ieties. Its dried fruits produc-tion is small, comprising a.pproxlmo."eiy 30 tens prunC!s, 10 to 15 tons apricots, 20 tons cut·rants and about G tons sul­tanas. The dried fruit is all markei:­Cc1 r1 l'ect by the Quantong F'ruitgro·.v­f'rs' Assoeiat.ion direct to the re.~ail­

er. The opening up of Quantong re­sulted from the. J\'Ial'itime' Strike of 1892. Men lnvolverl realized tluut after the strike the1·e was no possi­bility of some of them secm<ng em­ployment and ultima.tdy the settle­ment was commenced by the Co-op. Irrigation and Mercantile Society of Australia Ltd. 'l'he orchards m·e ap­proximn,~ely 20 ac1·es each and there are. about 40 to 50 s£'ttlers. IlTiga­tion is supplied by g-eavitati.cn from the \Vartook Reservoir about 40 mileR dis~ant, and the settJement has been going fol' about 40 years. The settleme'nt was originally part of the old Victis Station, and the original Jll1l'chasers bought the land at £11 per acre, Unfortunately the Irl'iga­tlon and :Mercantile Society went into liquidation and the holclers of. .the first mortgage! foreclosed putt.lng the Janel, etc .. up for auction. The ori­gina.J set"lers neve1· received a title, (their heldings were then a.bout 10 acres each), but ultimately the land wa.s t·esold back to them on the un­d0rstanding that they purchased an additional liolcling. This many did, rnaJ~lng t.he'r holc1ings today about 20 Elctes as pl'eviously indica•ted.

The are.2 is de.finitely individmdistic. Its dried fl'ui;;s is marlcE1tec1 iu con­junction with its fresh fruits-direct t 0 the ret<1iler-:u1d l\Tl'. C. H. Yost. who has been nwmcger of the Qus>n·

tonr; l?t'tlitgl'O\VCrs' .1-\s -oeia.tion t'ot· ovc' 11 yca•·s, told me, he Wfl" rle­finitcly OIJI" 'ed to contl·ul, He wa,; quit 8 ren:sonnblo though, and qui· e re­cug·nized ~h:J.t. econon1ic f:t~to1·s else­, ·,vhere r·osf-:ibly tlicta tc(l thi:-:1 coun;e of action, althollgh as rL set I Je:net1t the}• always go·c. rid of :heir s!nf[.

An1ong·st ethel' gro\VGl'G ,see11 in this aren_. \Vere J\-Iessrf:i. I-Iugt1es, Cheeker, Struthers, etc,, all hnb;Jec1 somewhat \VLh the san1el ideas as JVIr. -Yost­qu'f''-e reasonable on the general question of control but against it because of their g·enet al settlement conditions,

RIVERSIDE

visited T(ivel'f>iclc', -~·h· ell )Jl'odnce, small dr'u1 t· JFa<;··· of ,.pricots an:\ pi'Uncs. Gllcl hH'C' intf'l",-iPwec1 l\fr Geo. D•ovjj 11 niH] Mr. A. lc. Pat·i:;h, pre-fddcn · a ~H1 H( creta1·y l'<?Sl)(:.'CtiYe1y of fh·c. Iucn' v··.·u'tgTOWCI's' Associat'on. 'Th:.:se genileJnen recog;nizei .:be ar ... g'lnncHts in fa.you~· o.L' con' ro1, th:.:dr (,nl•l ~·t·a~· lJt ins~· tllc in~;ti nti:-·n of rt-~­

f:i :·ictiye :n1C:1KU1'{~ :t (J~· packing ancl nt3.rkF"ine· (nee con' !'ol 1Jeea1ne Ol)ET­;-~_, ivf-'. c·~~ne::·i'J.lly as th-:: :nrlividtHtl IH'O­dt·ct:'on is ~::;o f;nndl in lhejr J.ocality.

Now, J\ir. Ecli o", a~ I fe'el I Jmve rtil·endy t>nci·oac!lecl too nlucJt on you~, f',l1a(·o Bhall lea.~re details of y~~·it to Cooncnvarra over next h~sue, an;1 ''close do,vn."

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NOVJ::MBER 20, 1932.

COMMONWEALTH SALES

Record Figures to Date ' S'eaoson Commenoin'g March. 1)

(F~~e Association ,Secretary advi~e~ A Co).llmol1wealti~ dne th~t A.~.F. t~ October. 31 this season

fruits sa es 9 756 tons. This .. is easily amount to '. , 1 000 tons in ex-

record bemg over ' d a . 'u previous best (1930) an cess of le

1 1 t year

oveJ.· 2,300 tons lnore t l.an , as , . , f the previous four years Figur~s orfOl' comparison in the fol· arel g1ven

lowing details:-

1932 1931 Tons Tons

C,ur. ·2,6,84 2~,0;65

Sui, 5,386 3,949 Lex. 1,686 1,411

'l'otals 9,756 7,425 --

1930 Tons 1,6Qi5 5,995 1,046

8,~46

1929 Tons 1,1948 4,766

·1,218

7,,932

1928 Tons 1,986 3,379 1;120

6,485

FEDERAL COUNCI~ MEETING

tl S tate Conferences Following on le · · t d at which delegates were .appom ~1 '. . ·1 ]'edervJ Counc1l meet1 g tlw . anhua · 1\iel-. A D ;F A c·ommences 111 r ort the · · · · . , ·, · 22 particu-bourne on Novembm : ~. ars of the proceeding~>, mcluclml:\' the 1

'J , repol·t will be published seicretary s • next month.

COMBATING FROS~f"

In the Berri area., . wher.e frost dam-1. st month was estnnated at as

age 1 a £161000 a cominitte,e. has )Jeen muor as ·' ' . . , nta­f r eel to evolve! orgamzea preve < 0

m 11 1 to go into· the mat-tive measures, a c . . t~i· of. 'a ~.frost rehef scheme.

GRADE VARIATIONS

Hmv They are Fixed for Final Account Sales

next dealt with. Sales were found to be 45.93 per cent of thel total ana the actual diffel'e'nce in grade value!l \vas:

5 crown over 2 C1·own ,1 Crown ovel' 2 Crown

£21 3 6

f~ uitv recogniz- 3 Crown over 2 Cr.own 'l'he principle 0 eq ·' . t , 2 Crown 10 10· 5

3 4 ,'0 1 7 11 4 7 11

the Association as appltecl o 1 Ct·own unc,er eel by de for account sales x Plain premiums for gra fi c1 a the right x (Value of Plain estimated) Jurposes may he de ne s - ' tl fi I nsibility of each grower to Aj)plying 45.93 per cenJ to rese. .g-aud respo · the t! f thBI UK pto participate pNporti.onatel! ~~~e' va· ures the, varia ons OJ• · · -grade premiums rece1ve~ from t

1 tl _ portion wei's arrived at:

rious markets irrespectn:e of 7l~er~t 5 Crown ovel' 2 Crown £9 14 6 1 ·s fruit was sold m equ V<L 4 Cr·o,vn over 2 Crown 4 ·16 '8 er 11 1 i each

9 e

rntio to tl~el average sa es n 3 crown over 2 Crown 1 u

market. . 1 Crown undel' 2 Crown 12 11 l . g this pl'inciple as its basts Plain under 2 CroiiVn 2 () 5

Ta on, 1 of' Management in accord· In turtl Canada, New _Zealan(l, the Bo~~l~ reguJa.tions adoiJtecl by the tf)rn and other markets we're ance Wl C '1 e'ach season fixes with in a similar manner. Federal ounc

1t.' • IJJ'emiums for Tile aggrega~e of the grade Ya>-the grade varia tons or . t ts .

· f fruit and Ills rue riations for all markets was then each variety 0

' 1 the am· · It d f llows· those! issuing account sa es t 1

at•rive'cl at and resu e as o ~ • f the variation to bel adop ec (ignoring the shillings a•nd penpe), ~~~~eZn each grade. 5 c1·own over 2 Orolwn £20 0 0

tl variations the 4 Ct·o,vn over 2 Crown £1() 0 0 T determine . rese 4 0 0 0

• · as follows: 3 Crown over 2 Crown practice Is bto.ined by Head 1 Crown under 2 Crown 2 10 0 (a) Returns are o

5 0

0 from all agents giving par- plain under 2 CrPwn ·

Office les in each market, The Bpard of' ManagemeJJt adopte<'! ti~~·la:s o~~ ~~ detail the nett pro: these vadations fOr ruccount sa.Jes pur~ se 111b , 'Tade in each mal- poses.

ceecls for e~clr 1 -; < These marlmts ket sepim'al ~ ~. into 6 headings are d VlC e u itecl

1 Commonwealth, n name Y, d Ne'w zealand, Kingdom, Cana a, Eastern and o,L}lel', . then ' 1 ) Individual returns are ( ) 1 H ad Office and tabulated by t re e . , .

1 omplete statement is t!r~n a\ m -~~le for t)h'n Bo'ar,cl gwmg the

·n information. folloW! g t to each mal'ket. 1 Total expo1· < _

· . t't in grades sup 2 The q,uan 1 Y , l' 1 to each market.

P Iec ~ of each The realized v.aL:ue 3. rade in each marke.t. ,

g 'ation between each 4 Th,e van · d in each market.

gra e 1 k dis 5. The proportion of t re pac -0 ·ed of in each marlcet.

P s c1 0 this information the (c) Base n . t' be Boai'd fixes the vana IOns -

tween grades. . . in Each market is dealt With .

t For example in 1931 season t~:n·~ultana adjustment worked out as follows:­TBE COMMONWEA,LTH quota was

. 1 19 5 per cent. of the total found ~,o }e · t a! difference in grade sales and the ac lh

values -was: ,.. 11

n7 2 11 5 Crown ovet· ,, S!'ow 11 18 6 , Crown over 2 .,:,rowu ~ c 4 15 9 3 Crown over 2 rown · c1 • 2 Crown 4 11 8 1 Crown un er 7 13 1 Pla.in uncler 2. Crown these fig .. Applying 19.5 per een,t ~to

m·es the variations for tl~e Common­wealth were arrived at.

G ''cl·own o.ver 2 Crown £3 4 ci~ow·n, over 2. Cro;wn · 2 3 Crown' over 2 Cl'own 1 Crown under 2 Crown Plain uncle'!· 2 Ct·own 1

r. 11 6 6

18 8 17 10

9 10 . The. tfN·ITED, -'KINGDOM: sales were

Speciell Cases

A lWint [o be noticed ll}

with t,his: adjustment is ti].l'!<t whe.re grade ~~·uit is not sent to a mar!;:e.t,, the Board adopts the of fixing a. value for sueh g1~ade might reasonably be expeotecl had oTacle been: exported to that Another impottant point t? be noted that in:193i,sales,o,f fruit 1!1 the Kingdom were~ made on a steady of values throughout the season . tual results were therefore, taken basis to determine grade v'"n"'"'uup• In any season in which show considerable uccu"''''u''"' :Board~, would .cletelrmine for t11e U.K. quot,a. on ·. c onapar•~w values of, grades on actua~•:· sales. 1110nq1; by month rather than final average returns. ·.,

This is necessary to obviate 1'

aile's in returns which might'' ·. , through extreme fluctuations in

ues. This explanation should ·~·ake' It clea·r to . growers, that the· Board Management takes all f~ct<or~ in~o considet•ation; on' an equttable•bastS in arriving at the variations tween gt'acles to be a•doptecl issuing final account sal~.

CHRISTMAS MAII..S

~ 'l'he Post Office has asked us. t9 1; 1iticl ~m·. readers to post their m'as ~Teebings and gift~ in good ofor deliv:e~·y b'efore Chnstmas so to a:void the possibility of late et·y \vith its consequent ment, ~ Sh:oJ'> ,Eal'ly and Post

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MARKETING OUR FRUIT IN LONDON Malloch's Review of Control Board's W orl{

In his address at Red Cliffs on the ovet•seas activities of the Com­monweaoJth Expoqt, Contt•ol Boat•d, t'epot'ied in these columns last month, Mt'. P. Malloch t•eviewed the Boat•d's VIDt'k in Lonc(on as fol­lows:-

The

to success of our Great Britain has

ubtecUy been the appra.isement It is a. condition of license

export tlrQ.t the exporter will sell fruit at a price no lower than fix­

by the appraiser. Samples, of ail

Lies of the London Board is fumiga­tion You are probably n.ware of the trouble we, ha.d, a-nd the had t'E)puta­tion in which oin· fruit was helc1 up to 1925. In Untt yea.r th~ Board es­tablished a 1'umig,ation system in all U.K. Pol'.:,; anc1 aiJ dl'ied fruits im­ported were fumigated on arl'ival. The 1•esult. has been sucoeHsful beyond anticipation; the sy,;tem has bee)r continued a1id few c·ompla.Jnts m·e! now received on the ground,; of infesta­tlott. The c.ost of fumigation was originally 10/ per ion, but this has been reduced and the clu.t·ge is now 5/ per ton.

o,f fruit a.re drawn by the dock on arrival in Btitain and

appraisel·, therefore requires to lmowledgE! of fr~it variat-ions

values. He must also have is more important-a full

on Of the marke,t with due to competiNve supplies and and the probable! forward trend

values. The appra.iser is general­the target for sharp-shooters in aa

ons. From agents and pack-use prices are too high and

are slow; frmn deal en; because are too high and they cannot

a profit; from sections Qf grow­because tlwit· re:twns from Lon­at·e lower than the ave:rage, He

shot at if prices are too· high and secona bat·rol is used if price's are low. He has a thankless t'ask.

, I ~"Lm confident-and I that the majority of

agents will agree- with ove11 the eight years of con-

J\Ir Caro has clone a Wonclerful II~ has shown firmness in the

of opposition; he has stuclc to convictions as to values and has

tnany thousands of pounds for

this season to date-half Qllr U.K. consignments at•e sold an a•v'et'age price ilor sultanas £6'1/3/11 as comparee( wit.h

• last year, and an average for• curt•ants of £47, compar­

th £40 last yeat•. We do not this avet•age to be main­

in view of the keen com· and Pt'ice cutting ft•om and CaiifoJ•nia-but tho avet'age on final t'eht~•ns quite 'satisfador·y.

I•'m·thm· improvements were effect­e.c1 in marketing conditions by anang­ing for concentra,tio~r of U.K. con­signments in warehouses, selected for their cleanliness and suitability for storage of dried frui~s. The Board !Hts not rested content on what has been achieved n this direction bnt has flna.nced nnc1 assiste'cl D1· lvrunro of the llll]Jeria.) Ii.'esearch Station in impi'ovecl metl!Oc1s of fumigation a-nd this wot·k i:-; ~<lill being continued.

Publicity

.Another imvortant vhase of the Board';,; acli,·Hy in Great Britain is in publicity. l<'or some years the Board has spent £20,000 :pe't· annum in this direction. 'L'he work Of pul)licity is c1irectec1 by a joint publicity commit­ice comprising representatives Of the clt ied fruits, da-iry produce, canned fruit and fl•esh fruit boards. Mr. A. F. Be'l! i>J om· reprer;entative on this Boan1. Mr. Hyland is ~he executive officer of the Board in London, and from what We have see,u of his work, from his reports and the revorts of visitors to Britain, we are assured he is doing a gooc1 job. \Vinclow ·dis­}llays, sample flh,ops in large' towns plays at <>xhibit.lon>< an over the c·ounlr.l', addresses to trade meetings and 111a-ny o•the:r phases of publicity are engage'c1 in.

are anc1 always wllJ bE\ critics appraisement system, and the

but I am confidont that the ' Ol'ity of growers appreciate

e system is one which is gain­them maximum i·esnlt:s in the Kingdom and a system pe­adalJtecl to .theit· needs In that

Fumigation

Some clay cavil ·at the expenditure Of £20,000 in a year of shol't crops, but ;we ha.ve to loolc ahead. We may have! a cr·op of 80,000 tons in 1933, and may have to export 45,000 or 50,000 tons to Britain. lt, is SliCh an emer­ge'ncy we ha,ve to foresee and provicle fo1·, ana it is in such n. yea1· 'we will reap the benefit of our adve1•tising JlO!jcy.

importance in the activi- London Char~es 'l'he costs of Ian cling, , 13to1·ing and

insuring :Cruit in Great Britain have been constantly under review. This work has been ma.inly undertaken by your old friend, Mr. Scouller and lllre the rest of the team he has 'made a good job.

Little has been said in the past about this phase of our activities, but it is Of interest to record that savinl'fs ln landing charges, storage and in tm'est effected as a result of continu­ed pressure by the agency since 1927 amount to 19/ per ton. On an aver­age annual expoq of 30,000 tons the sayings are not inconsiderable, and they fl!lly justify the appointment of Mr. Scouller as secretary to the London agency of the Bo:ard.

Since hi~ appointment Mr. Scoul­le]• has With advantage l'ellevea Mr. Cai·o of a good 'deal of routine work connected with records, statistics, tra,cle enquiries and contact between the London agency and t.he Melbourne Board. Every member Of the Board feels happy in the choice of Mr. Scour­ler fo1· the position he is now filling.

Si1• Jil.•mes Cooper and Mr. F. L. McDougall

I have dealt with the wor1c in Bri­tain and the men conoerned in it, but I cannot leave this subject without J•E'Jfei'ring to the work of Sir James Coo!)er, chalnnan, and Mr. F, L. J\'foDouga.lJ, deputy chairman of the Lonc1o1r Agency. Much could be said of both men and of their wor!r, but I am not go-ing to attempt a. full ap­precia.tion of it. Mr McDougall, Jll'Bviousjy a Renmark' grower, has been in Britain for many years filling ma-ny important positions, but re~ garcled l:>y those who know hi).ll as the apostle of Imperial tracle ana Im­veri<tl prefm·e1we, His work in poll­tical, financial a.ncl trade circles has been a trenwnclollS factor in diverting English thought tQ the valu!) of Im­pet·i<tl trade, and if we haye benefited by it, we honestly believe the gain ir; mutual,

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November 20, 1 The Australian Dried FruitsNews ------------------------------~

FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRALLAN DRIED FRUIT Export Control Board's Eighth Annual Report

A va~luabJe t•eview of the fu'tut•e outlook fot· the Ausit•alian dried fl'uits indusl('Y is given the following which comprises the bal­a•nce of the Commonwealth Export Conhoi Board's eight·h annual l'e port, the firs': pot•tion of which vas printed in iour Octobet· issue:-

THE FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR AUS­TRALIAN DRIED FRUIT

.Tn any review of the lndustey, eegard should

(a) The present and auction.

Cb) The consumption Conunonwealth.

(c) Possible export conditions therein.

(d) Competition from ('.ing countries,

Dried Fruit be' had to­possible pro-

within the

markets and

other produ-

Based on caeeful consic1ei·ation of the production during recent years, it would appear that given cmiforn<ly favour•able c.onditions, the producing ar·eas in Vic.toria, South Australia, New South \¥ales and Westeen Aus­tralia can on the present acreage under vin~s, pro~luce a total harvest of between 75,000 and 80,000 tons of sultanas, currants and lexias express­en in teems of fruit as finally prepar­ed for market.

It would similar:y appear that the home consumption withih the Com­monwealth may be. estimated at be­tween 12,000 to, 13,000 tons, with a possible expansion to 15,000 tons un­der favourable economic conditions, and as the result of excelle~<t and sus­tained propaganda now carrie'd on in all States.

From the foregoing paragraphs it is evident that in a favourable season at least 63,000, and possibly 68,000 tor\s of dried fruit must. be exported from the commonwealth,

It will be noted that in the season 1928-29 and 1929-30, the quantities actually exported were 57,788 and 56,732 tons respectivelyr, since which sea,-ons additional acreage has come into bearing. During thel present sea­son (1931-32) there is little dOUbt that, but for th.e excessive rainfall dm'ing February, the. harvest might have at­taine'd record dimensions.

The major Empire marke,4s open to the Australian driecl fruit pr.oducers are in that order: The United King­dom, Canada and ·New Zealand, im­porting annually an average, of 125,000, 20,000 and 5,000 tons respectively. To these important markets Australia will send during the present season appl'Oximately 25,000 tons,, 14,500 tons, and 3,000 tons respectively.

•rhe propoption of the trade se'cured for Australia. during this year will be, therefore, 20 per cent,, 72~ per cent. anq 60 per cent. respectively of the

total· ave1·age imports of these DO­n<inions.

It is clear that the opportunity for further developn<ent as rega1·ds the Canadian a.nd New Zealand markets is important but it should be stressed that in the 'event of Aust.ralia secur­ing the total drie'd fruit trade of thesa dominions, tha.t the, exports from the Co1nmonwealth would amount to smne 7,500 tons in addition to the quanti­ties which are being shipped dm ing the present season.

.lt will, the1·efore, appear that tho one marl<et affot·ding scope for ma­terial increase in ex1wrts fr·om Aus­tr·alia. is lhe United Kingdom.

In considering this marl<et, to which, as stated, some 25,000 tons will l1e forwarde'd this year·, it should be reco,llected that during the calendal' years 1929 and 1930 the Australian dried fruitA imported into the United Kingdom reached the substantial figure od' 47,985 tons and 46,089 .tons respectively, the' proportion of the to­tal quantities imported into Great Br'itain being in these years as fol­lows:-

Currants Raisins ..

1929 1930 per cent. Per cent.

21.7 44.6

22.4 47.6

In these year·s the imports of Aus-tralian fruit into G1·e'a.t Britain reach­ed the highest J:ip·ures yet attained,

amounting to R5. 3 per cent. and R5. D per cent. of the total impor.ts of cur­rants and 1\c'lisins to, the United King­dom, a fact which has not been appre­ciated gene'rally.

In consid,ering these. figures, how­ever, it shoulc1 be remembered that the importatiOn of dried fruits into Great Britain comprises approxima­tely-

TOns. Currants.. 57,500 Raisills . . 67,500

Hp,ving regard to the fact that the production of dried fruits in Aus­tralia is principally composed of sul­tanas and lexias (in the United King­dorn designated under the general term "raisins"), and that the produc­tion of curi·ants has not exceeded 19,000 tons in any year, from which fa.Us to beJ deducte.d, the home con­sumption of currants and the require­ments of the Canadian and New Zea­land markets, which together may be

considered as not tons, it will be. see'n sent circtuns~tan ccs

ouantity of Australian to ]Je available for the the United Kingdom would ceed 13,500 tons.

On the othe'l' hand, the quantity raisins which might be a.va.ilable a maximum crop of 80,000 tons deducting 20,000 tons of cmTants allowing· fol' the rec1uirements New Zealand, Canada and would be approximttte'ly 33,00 This figure, as sh01-.vn, 'vas exceeded in the calendar year wh.en 35,992 tons of Australian wer·e imported into the United c!Om out of a. total of 80,692 peak year), the percentage o.f tralian raisins rising to 44. 6 per of the total imports of raisins.

But it shoulc1 be re.memberecl the average importation of 67,500 of raisins to Great Britain fruit of all qualities and compr'ises a considet•able of fruit saleable at low prices.

\Vhile! the objective of the Jin.n producer iR the pro fruit of a high standard, regard ho had to the capacity of the to absorb at relatively high, increased quantities, and during a per·iofl of economic sion in all markets. market takes, in future. years, creased quantities of Australian, sins, it is highly probable that average price rE'alized may fall reason of ·the fact that the tion includes large quan grade' fruit within the power of the people, and would strike a noter of warning any increase in exports to the tish market ma~' result in a fall the average price and the tively high rates 'lately not be regarded as a 1·eas pectation in future. years.

In paragraph 5 of this average prices realized in tain are set. out in detail, ancl lion is directed to thel fact that years 1928 and 1929, c the Australian seasons 1928-29, the average prices for tana.s realized in Great Britain not exceed £40 lJer ton.

The' importance, therefore~, of creased preference which it is may result following on the Conference held in London, Conference now proceeding is manifest. (th,e J.'eport July 30.)

In conclusion, the Board cord its opinion that, while present prefel'ences United Kingdom and the Canada-no prelference being Rent granted by the Dominion Zealand-it is practicable to maxinnnn crop of 80,000 theless, such harvest can handled success.J:ully in thel substanti>J.l progress being capture the trade of the

ovemher 20, 1932 1'h' A --------~~---~-~e-~t~ts~t::ra:l~ian Dried Fruits News

san<e Ume, the very definite progress made' as the result of the

a term of not less than ten years. In tha(J event systemat,ic development of the Australian dried fruit industry In the more lmportant dominion mar­k~~s ~houJd be assured and the .sta­b!lrzabon Of the indttstry effe.cted.

recting a.ttention to the, potentialities of the Empire,

tralian Canadian F.-eciprocity has been of prime hnportance

the industr•v during the past three years and will continue to be of

rnoment in future years.

THE MEASURE OF PREFERENCE IN BRITISH DOMINIONS

'L'heJ preference granted to Empire­grown dried f•l·uHs under tariffs now

operation in British Dominions is as follows:----<

The United Kingdom-Currant,s-2/ c>.vt.; Raisins-7 I pep cwt.

Dominion of Canada-Currants cents per lb.; Raisins-4 cents lb.

The Dominion of New Zealand-No I presently in operatipri, but

on is sto.ted to exist for 1prefer­of 2d per poimd. This prefer­is in suspense pending proclam-

The Boar·a has a.Jt·e!ady represented the Gove;·nment o~ the Comrri.on­

the desirability of endeavour­secure a greater· mea.sure of

·ence in the tariff of the United and it is hoped that aris­the Ottawa Conference His Imperial Government wil the request of. the Austra­

that prelfe1;ence more corresponding to the encour­

accorded to th,e Australian by Canada may be submitted

British Parliament for appro­part :o,f a permanent scheme

: ·ial developmen,t. in bringing into operation the

ded pre.ference provision of the Zealand ta,riff is disappointing,

the Board would again urge upon Government of the Comlnon­

the importance of early re­tions to secure the operation

preference, which would re­totai requiremen.ts of New

being provided from Austra•

Board would J?Oint out that in th.el meast1re of prefer­by Great Britain and the

colonies the essential definite g'l'~nting of such

a terrti of years. Any as to the. duration of the

grante'd under Imperia] and tariffs must mHLtate

any proposals for the expan­the industry. fruits cannot be produced in on-tln·ee years being the

m pe'riod required to bring the and sultana vines into bea.r­

it is impossible to advise of the industry unless and

assurance of preference ex­over a term of years can be

regard to the time required and bring into bearing any acreage, it is recommended Comn<onwealth Government

endeavour to se'cure the con­of preferential treatment for·

PUBLICITY

As will be appar·ent from the fin­ancial statemen~ attached t:o this re­port, thel Board continues its ful! s.u~Jport o,f ti;e Australian joint pub­lrcr.ty campargn in Great Britain whwh ha~ ~Jeen eminently successJ'ul.'

In adclrtwn, arrangements were made ~ 0 c~rry out a spe'cial publicity cRmpargn 1n Canada, for which pur­poses lHr·. .I~. E. Hyland, in charge of :he Australlan trade publici,ty scheme tn the Mother Country visited Can­ada. and ~arried througl; a programme of 111,tensrvo advertising following on the expansion of exports of drie'd fruit to Canada under the Canadian­Austra.lian reciprocity trea,ty.

, As rs ap])ar;mt, the major portion Of the expenditure. o.f the Board for so-m:' years past has be.en in thel di _ rectwn of PUblicity in Great Britain and thei·e is little doubt that the ex_: penditure has been amply justified n;ol'e particularly as it has been Cal'~ l'led out with singular succt'lss by Mr. f'-· E. Hyland and his staff in every lmportant cen,t,re in Great Britain

Behind the Australian publicity scheme stands the work of the Empire M<t:rketing Boanl, the elxpense of :vluch is entil'ely borne by theJ Imper­lal Go,vernment, and which has re-.. suited in the creation of a most fa­vom·able sentiment in Great Britain and has done much towards theJ fiscal changeR of the ]mst few years by eli-

LONDON AGENCY No change has taken place in the

personnel of thel Londan Agency, and ~he Board desires to place on record 1ts thanks for the assistance to the in· dustry a.fforded by Sir James A. Coo­pm· and his colleagues and the staff of the agency.

Spe'cial mention should be made of th~ great. service to thel Australian dne.d fruit industry by Mr. Franlt L. 1\ic.Douga.!I, <who is also the represen­tative of the Go,v,ernment of the Commonwealth on the Imperial Econ­omic c.ommitte'e and on the Empire Marketmg Board. The intimate per­sonaa lmowledge of the industry pos­sessed by Mr, McDougal] has been particularly valuable in the further­ance Of the interests of thel Austra­lian dried fruit producer.

FINANCE The l'ate of levy during the season

1930-31,' fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Act, was:-

per lb. On Sultanas Hd per cwt. equal • 0669d On Currants nd. per cwt. equal .0669d. On Le~xias 3d, per cwt. equal .0268d. . Similar rates o,E levy were adopted Jn respect to the harvest season 1931-32.

A statement of relceipts and pay­ments from the dried fruits export fund is attached hereto, from which it will be observed that tile total re­venue for the ijwelveJ months ending 30th June, 1932, was £29,159/6/7, to which is added thel balance brought

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The MILDURA CO-OPERATIVE FRUIT CO., LTD., MILDURA

NOMINAL CAPITAL £100,000. PAID UP FUNDS £62,000.

PACKERS and SELLERS of DRIED FRUIT "PADLOCK BRAND"

DRIED FRUITS PACKED: Sultana•s, Currants, Apt•icots, Peaches, Nectarines, Muscatels,

Lexias, Walthams,

CITRUS PACKED: Navel, Valencia and Lemons, Grape Fruit,

other Ot•anges, Mandarins,

Manufactut•et•s of Marmalade, Jams, Lemon and Mixed Peel, Candied Peel, Toma•to Sauce, Worcestet• Sauce, Tomato Soup, Lemon Juice, Lemon Squash, Ot•ange Juice, and othet• products.

Packing Sheds: Mildura, lrymple, Merbein, Bil'd· wood and Curlwaa.

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ORGNNIZER IN S.A. NONmiRRIGATED AREAS Prune Association Formed; Angaston Growers Tour

River Returning to South Austr•alia in concluding his wor·k this sea•son, Mr·

D. Fa1•mer•, A.D.F.A. or•ganizer• was instnrmental in arranging a con­fer·ence of pr•une intepests at' which a State grower's; association was for•med. Also visits were proid to various non-irr•lgated centr·es, M t', Far•mer's monthly .('eport reading as follows:-

COONAWARRA concluded my last repot•t with. de·

taCH of tllY vhdt to Qua,ntong·h neat' ll,Ol'Hhn.m, on my WAY iWrosH fl•um Victoria. to Houth Austl'i\Jla. My next place of call was COONAWA11RA whiC'h lies nhuut 30 miles south of Naracoort€', on the main route between Naracoorte and l'dt. Gambier. '.rills settilement has been in produiction a­bout 42 years , the main lines produc­e1c1 being wine and fresh fruits, ·So far as dried fniits are cO)lcerned the ton­Age is round about 15 to 20 tons ap­rlcot.s, 20 tons prunes, and 10 tons pears. Coonawarra is one Of these places tucked away by itself'; to the majority of. gr,o,,vers in otlwr main J)l'oducing centres possibly quite un·­lmown, yet for all that its production though small, has a definite eliect on dried (Tee fl•ults IIHU'keting within tho Cnnlmon~vea1th.

I spen,t, l1 vet·y inleresllng lime a­mong· gTOWPril in this area, and con-· eluded my· acti,vitles with a tuee,t,ing, ,vhich was 'fairly well attended, There are about 24 growers interested in clried frui.ts production (:all tree fruits) and only one grower so far as I could ascl'n'tain delivers his frl!it til)rough A.D.F.A. channe1s. Incli­vidual production is small, selling for cash is the attraction; there is no packing plant, growers either doing their own or selling' to companies who pack for them. . I found ·growers at my meeting very interested and reas­onable in their outl'ook but although no definite opposition '~as shown me at the. meeting against the projected intention to control trele n·ult.SI, I would say th,is is a settlement. which would not favour the idea. Many of the growers do their own mal'keting es· pecially around Mt Gambier, and while it was recognizecl that it wa.s orily fair for each gt•ciwer to have an eCJ,nitable share of the Home market yet local · conclitio,ns somewhat clottde'd the im­portance of theJ issue.

It is somewh,at difficult in an area like this for the Association to gajn a foothold. No gen-eral pa~king plant, small incli-vidua.l top11,ages, h1andy local mal'k­eting outlets, all present a se.ries of cOndi!tions very diffe'rent to those ex­isting

1ger1era,lly tht;'otighjout the or•

g!mized section of the industry, How­e'Vel' wilh the. advent of cout,rol of h•ee' fruits this will pUt "outsic1e" op­e'rators in tree fruits on the same basis for Commonwealth Slip-

plie~, and a. viRlt once or t wlce a yeal' tn CnollH.\Vilrl'a hy a repl'esenl>tllve ol' Lhel As~ncialinn, to l"ee.p contact fl.m1 show itlter<est in the gt·owel''H at't'a.in; th,e1·e may possi­bly ]Je able, to accomplish something, and ma.y ultinuLl.elly be able to swing fruit the Association way which oth­erwise will merely be picked up by the "outsider", e'specially tf under con~ trol the "outside" price! shows less than the ''inside" one. Compared with dried fruit activities elsewh.e1·e this setlement, appears to be "very much out. in the cold", so I have ar­rang·ed tllat a, copy o.t' the "Nqws" is :<ent eegulm·ly to 1\fr. IV. L, Red­man, secretary of t,he AgTicultural Bm·ea.u,, lolo that ATOWet·s may ]Jel kept "au 1'aiL" with, industry aff;tirs.

Among growet·s seen were l\'[essrs. 1•'. Da.rwa.nt, who LCXqk the elHlil' at. llty· nH~eting "\V. NnE»lling· anrl JD. G. 1\ llt1er, holli \•ery lntercs!<•tl ln' tho ANHO'cia.!ion and or·ganized marl;.eting mel1hods, 'l'; Aln·o11s (relation to "\\'ally" Ahrens of Tanumla, who is a strong supporter Of the A.D.F.A. in the Angaston district), H. B. H. Richardson, who agreed that e'qual com1nonwealth quotas, was only "a fair thing", C. Pa,vy, J. Skinner, and others. I was very glad the opportun­ity was accordecl 111e to ;visit th,is armt tUld appreciate the tnany courtesie's l'eceived f.rom growers whether they agreed with ali I sa.id or otherwise',

Leaving Connawarra I next headed for 1\Iypolong'llj, a distance of a.bout 260 miles The route talcen was from Naracoorte to Robe, thence to King­ston. At this point the. famous ''Coorong" section is entered upon, once a very troublesome stretch, but now easy, and a run Ot' 92 miles fin­ishes tillS stretch at Mening·ie. From here the next stop is Murray Bridge, and froin here anc;tJle't· 10 niiles bt'ings us into Mypolopga.

fvlYPOLONGA CO-OP. SHED The pack 11ut through the lVIypolon­

ga Co-op, this season was approx. 38 tons sultanas, 1H •0urrants, and 48 tons tree fi'uits. '.rhese figures wouhl represent abou,t. DO peJr cent. Of the roettlement's dl'ied fruits production, the balance finding its way for pack­ing• to ''otttsicle" organiza,t;ions. Of the pa.clc put tl1t'ough the shed all thifJ tonnage .cUd not g\0 thl'ongh As­sociation chn.nnels, antl the're has been little or' no improvement towards the Association this season. The factor which played a prominent part in

November 20,

keeping fruit "out" \Vas offered f.o~· tre'e fruits, tlealets gnining· J'nt' vil1e fruits on stone Jll'iC'es. 'J'he main line oJ: tree iN n(lrkots, the outsiders' pl'ices an a.l'et•ageJ of S~d. some Jots as as Dnrl. 'l'hree ct'own rcurrants bought around £33 sweat box and three ci'own sultanas bout £3g sweat box, 'l'he Co-o)) is now doing its utmost to give vice !u growers by good 1 l hns revised its financial ments fot· growers and is aggn~,:--:HiVe financing policy "ulil,sid<'r" On boxed weights tlte [l:lid '"' initia.J pa.yment £30 shed fOL' 11J:1·ee Cl'O\\rll snHa.nas~, Hll<l t1l1l'ec> erown curra11ls. Furth nwnls have since been Jnade, Assoein,tion can I think look er support fron1 J\'Iypo,longa in future e'specially as the tree fruits !will help to further ize its position there, '

Mypolonga is th,e S.A. centre turned down control by one the meeting held there last but the gene'ral impression r during my visit wns that the ty of growers there do fairness of Control in respect of und export quotas so long as (1) "out,;ickr". can o,perate (•to buy), (2)' there 1s no undue interference individual marlwt.ing of their lJUO(t"

'l'lw cit nrs prtc:k tl~is yea.r from l•olonga is estimaJed round ab 000 case:;, \\'hen I visited the ment about the middle of 0 about 5,000 case:s had been and lW.ices; ~~·lom l\{elbourne we1·e. in the vicinity of 14'/-. expect to net somewhere in gion of 6/- pe't· case, Last the average net price was 5/6.

RIVER TOUR BY ANGASTON GROWERS

From Mypolongn l next to Angaston where I had arrangernents in c:opnection tour of the River ai·e,as J)y of the Ang·aston 'l'his tour was arranged to s ize with the South Australian F. A. Sta.te Con,ference held at el'ie on Friday, Octobet· 28, tour turned out. n comple,te: partly due· to the keeness thUs•ictmn displtt.yed by membet's. the party to what tl\ey saw and and partly due to the ootu·tesy hospitality displayed by River ers ant1 othet·s to the visitors. stan was made from Angaston am on Thursday Oetobet· 27 the jective being Renmal'k w1Jc11 reached about nlidd:{y. And commenced a genera.! tour of the io,Us !jacking plants, blocks, Berti tillery and Government Exp Fal'l11, th,e tour finally concluding a Social held at \'Vaikel'!el on th,e day ev·enlng, S. A. CONI='ERENCE AND

AT WAIKEHIE 'l'het'e was excellent

I

The Fruits News 7 ft·Om the non-nigated a.reas of s. A. this year at theJ State Conference: in ta.ct I heard one River delegate saying it was the biggest a.nd most repre­sentative he hact attended and cer­tainly the \Vaikel'iel brandh of the A.D.F.A. spared no pains in "cap­ping off" everything with their social Over 200 a.ttended tl1is functio,n and undeir the genial chairmanship of 'Mr. Odgers a most, excellent evening was t1 ppreciarecl by all.

I havf> alwa.ys helcl that if growers ft·om thE\ vnl'ionn distl'icts eould be "mixed up a, bit." lt Jot of goocl would IJA accomplished. .AltlJOugh I ila.vfi nut, bef'n b:aek to Angaston sitwe, I J;now a. lot o1' good h;a.s J,ee 11 done ]Jy

tJr.n gl'O\I'Pl'H J'I'Oili !heir Visit Uj)

r.'tVi'l'. AII'Prtcty Clare gl'oWel'H at'e tulking of al'J·auging a to.ur right through Lo l\1ilt1til'tv '; next yeae the S. A. State Confet·en'ce is be­ing· held in a uon-in•igated centt·e., a.na at Langhorne's Creelt which I visited latm· growe1·s are talking '-of attend­ing one of t~1ese Oon!fe~·encesH,

S.A. Pf:{UNE CONFERI::NCE

R,eturning· to Adelaide, m,y next job was the ar1·anging of a co.nference in Adela.!de of S.A. prune interests. Control as Applied to prunes is only pat·tly taclding the marke:tiJig problem of this fruit, next comes standardiza" tion of 11acldng, a.nd concentrated un­ited effot·t, upon th,e export markets. Under th,e auspices of t,hcl Associa­tion, this conference, presided over by Mt•, R, A. Haynes, tool> place in Ac1ela.lc1e on, :November 3. 'L'he: meeting wa.s a very rep­resentatl.ve one and it was decicled \o form a So1.1th Anstrnllnn Growei·s A,;floc!a.tion, while the, principle of a C'"ll h•altzed packing plant was agreed

to.

Representatives of this Association comprising Messrs. J. Victorsen ( Cla.re), A. J. Chapman (Angaston), A. Fl'<lSei' (l\1cLa.ren Flat), and R. A, Hayne's (Adelaide), were deputed !.o confer with N. S. vV., and Victorian pnm•e interests, a.n1d the b~sis has thus been !aiel for the development Of orgnnized mat·Iceting effort by South AustraJia11 gt·ower&. It ls hoped that aftm· the Cm~ferenee has tal{en pt<tce with N. 8, \'\'. an([ Vi<:torla.n interests it may ile poSHihle to flll'tltm· eo-ord­ina lA et't'n1·t fi'Oill a I•'eclera.] viewpoint. :tmoHgRt prune. interests. ~I' he. <'xec­utive>· ot' !.he H. A. l'rune Gl'oWers As· Hocin.lion !H a. gocHl one> being MnssrR. .T. Vidol'Son ((!lat·e), 'l'. B Hake ( 1\lC'Ln.t·cn J<'la,t), H. 'l'l'olt Cll'lcLaren Vale), L . . T. \VlC'icR ('l'O,tTeli<J Valley), A. J. Cha11111an (Anga:.;ton) A. Kelly jun. CLyncloch), c+. EJ. Gill (Seven­hllls), l-f. B. Robson (Hectorville), and H. A. Haynes.

LANGHORN~B CREEK

Dovetailed in between the time I was arranging this Prune Conference I paid a visit to Langhorne's Creel,, and I was ple'aseci to onc(l again renew acquuintanceships amongst growers !.hm·e. Mr Howard to whom I ha.ve alrencl~' refetTell in a. previous report as a. :staunch SliJlJlor!.er oe the Assoc­ialiun in the years be•forel control has mrfortunat.ely been very ill but I was pleased !.o see him UJl and about again, fo{r. Putts eheery as ever, al­ways has a smile. for one and was looldng as well as ever, Mr. Follitt, lceen as evet· on organized mm•ketlng, Mr. Natt, the. champion rifle shot Mr Fischer who has a sp,lendid cu~·raJlt pi·operty, all A.D.F.A, men, were

u V1\<2 IN Rl T1\RY

NOMINAL CAPITAL, £100,000 PAID·UP CAPITAL, £99,100

seen, as well as others, and althoug·h not a great dea.l of extra tonna.ge has gone through Association channels this year, there has been an improve­ment. and the A.D.F.A. is certain­ly not a "dead letter" in this settle­ment a.lthough it may be somejwhat off the be'aten track. This is a settle­ment a visitor appears to be always welcomed in:, and I am hopeful that next year I shall be able to introduce some of my La.nghorne Creek frie'nds to Hiver men at ne.xt year's State Confel'ence.

heftn·ning !.o Town where J ha.d to al!end the l'l'nne Conference I next set CHI( I'm· Clare and cel'lainlv mai'­LC'l'S here ,.;how a ·~1<'dliefl im}H'o'veme!~l No far ai< !he ARHC>ciation is concern­ed . l\Il'. D<'la.nll, Secre'tary of the Stnnle,y Co-oil. Pacldlllg Co., is a

gTPflt lmnaeker fol' the Association. and th,e pack put through his shea this season .for the Association show­ed an increase of about 35 per cent. on 1931 figurels. '!'here is undoubteclly

a. n1uch morel favourable spirit exist­ing towa.rds the Association than pre­viously; a. good deal of this is due to the efforts of local A.D.F.A, men to interest and in,fluenc•e o.th,ers to :<ystematic n1arke'ting 1nethods a.nd with every care being exercised in thG paeldng of theit· fruit, Clare is be­coming a :<trong and virile non-irriga­tec1 A.D.:B'.A. centre,. Curra.nt crops this ,;eason look splendid, the vines a}lJWat· in good heart, and so far the DiHtrict generally has safely negotiat­ed climatic troubles. Unfo,rtunateJ~, a hail stonn last Seoptember did dam­age' in a i'ew cases, ancl I was very sorry to see that my friend Mr. Rog-

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8

OVERSEAS DRIED FRUITS

LONDON SALES

Export Control Board Agency Rep,orts

Following are the Export Control Board reports of sales of Australian dl'iecl vine fruits in Great Britain as l'OCOI:dc'd ·with theil· London agency:-

FORTNIGHT ENDING OCTOBER 20

A total of 11,096 tons of Australian clri<"cl' f1·nits ,wel'e tal,en by Bri[,ish Duyei·s (]Ul'ing the fortnight ended

October 20.

Of sultanas 705 tons £42/G/3, 348 tons cm·rants £33/1714, and 43 tons lexias f37 /6/8 per ton,

averaged averaged a:verage<l

'.rhe marl<:et is quiet owing to the immine'nce of la1·ge supplies from '.rundsh and Arnerican sources, the seasorial demand not having yet cle· veloped.

FORTNIGI-IT ENDING NOVEM,BER 3

During· the fortnight ending Nove\!1-ber 3, 1,661 tons of Australian dried fruits ·were recorded with the London Agency as h,avjng be'en sold in the United Kingdom,

Of Sultanas, 935 tons averaged £40/1/3 per to.n; 702 tons currants av· eraged £31/10/4 per ton; and 24 tons Lexias '£35/13/4 per ton.

The demand continues quiet due to economic conditions and owing to the imminence of arrivals of Mediterran­ea.n and American fruit

OVERSEAS FARMERS

September Report from London

The following· report on the Brit· ish dried fruits market appe'ared in Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Fed oration' m.ontthly bullettin cladted September 20:-

The past month has proved a very quiet period for all spot stocks of dried fruits. Considering the quiet state of affairs, sales of Empire fruit can, on the whole;, be considered sa,Us­factory, but the principle inte:rest has been the ovel'land samples and quota­tions for new crop fruit, fro1n the Northern Hemisphere. It is very diffi­cult to ascerta-in how 1nuch business has ])e'en done in foreign fruit, but there is little doubt tha,t the majority of buyers ha1v e made some trial pur· chases at least.

F.AARKET REPORTS

Raisins SOUTH AFRJCAN : The posiLion

hel'e is 011 the 1whole unchanged. No general trade has ,taken place and only a fe,v ~anall special sales are reported. Nominal quo,tations : g.a.c1., 37 I to 40/; f.a.q. v4/ to 36/; a.q., 28/ to 30/ per c;,vt.,' ex, store.

AUSTRALIAN : A limited business has been done fl'om 37/ to 40/., and the :-:;tack no\V re1naining on hallll ,consists vrineipal'ly of the lower grades.

VALENCIAS : The anival of the first sh,ipmet olf nc!w crop fruit has ]1c.e11 tho fea.t~t''e during the past month. Importers state tha.t the' Val­encia crop will be one of 'the largest and the finest on record. Certainly Ramples of the first shipment which we have, see:n on the market during the vast. day or two have shol-.vn ex­ceptionally nice quality and sales are repo1·ted from 43/ to 68/ per cwt., duty paid.

Sulta•nas AITSTRALIAN : Since our last re­

pOl''L {here has bG1en a. readjustn1ent in the pl'icec; for this fruit a.nd a certain amount oJl business has taken pla.ce n.l"lwugh buyers without exception hnve been purchasing- on a stl'ictly hand -to-mouth basis.

As we go to peint the first shiptne'nt of nfJ-,,r crop Sn1yrna and Cretan Sul­tanas are landing, and sales of Aus­trajliain sultanas have temporariLy, ceased.

Nomina] quohutions : Ordinary, 52/, 56/; :i'dedium, 57/, 60/; Good, 62/, 64/, wit.h a fine from 65/, to70/.

SOUTH AFRICAN : Unbleached­Stoclm are exhauste'cl with the exce.p­tion o1' one Ol' tw'o, Slnall parcels which are C1UOted as follo'ws : g.a.q., 50/, 52/; f.a.c1., 43/', 45/.

Blea.ched-In sympathy with the re­duction of prices o:l' new crop Sn1yrna and Cretan fruit, pdces for South Af­rican bleached su1ltanas are aga.in some\vhat easim·. Sales are of a drag­.--.·inp· nature ln~t c>onsiclering the quiet ~tnt~ of til~ ma.rket, progress cat; be considered c1nit0 sntisfaotory. The downward tendency in value.s has been in evidence tlU'oughout the past n~onth ":nd sale's have recently been 1nade on the following ba.sis : g.a.q., 47/, 50/; f.a.q., 42/ 45/; a .. q., 39/, 40/.

flMYENA : The past month has witnessed a ste,ady decline in the prices for Stnyrna fruit•, the decline amounting on qe1't'ain grades f~·om

on others. '.rhe first boat. ha-s just a.l'-4/, to 5/ per cwt., but as much as 7 I rive'cl; buyers are a.nxiously awaiting samples to see how the bulk will turn on b.

Nominal quotations: No. 7s, 25/3; ss, 27/6; Ds. 29/9'; 10s. 34/6; lls. 41/ per c\wt., c.i.f.

CRETAN : The first boats carrying

new fruit ha.ve arrived in London and LivPrpooJ. ancl samples receivea have been fa,vourably commented upon by bnye1·s. l\Iost of the fruit had already been booked on a forward basis and 1\.]l'el·'e _was 'therefor's iv:ery litt)le, iJ:o1•

the open market, but a few sale's have been reported from 48/ to 70/ per cwt. duty pa.icl ex-whal'f London.

CALIFORNIAN : This section of the marlcet has been on the quiet side, although a certain mnount of' foi'wai'd business has been done on oert(<lin grades. J'\omina,] quotations : Natm·­als-choice, 25/6, 27/. Golden bleached --choice! 35/; ext!·a choice 36/7~; fan-'7, 37 ;n per cwt. c.i.J'. '

Cun·anl:s

AUSTRALIAl" : As a result of tho pricc.'s quoted for new c1·op fn!it, a furthm· reduction for those in spot stocks of Australian took place anfl a fair anwunt. of bu!liness has' been done from 35/ to 44/, acco'l'ding- to the quality.

GREEKS : The middle and second half of Septe.mber has so fa.r proved a very quiet period for n81W crop Greeks, a.nd prices have again declined for a.ll growths, but eve'n so very few ·sales aro repor1ed. Nominal quota­tions : Pyrgos, 31/, 31/6; Amalias, 32/, H2/G; Patt·as, 33/ 36/; Vostizzas, clwices', 42/, ,15/; 'pe,r cwt. c.,i.f.

Evapot•ated Fruits This section of the ma.rlcet has again

passed through a vm-y quiet period, eLl though the position of neat'ly e:Yery. fl'uit maintains a firm tone.

Apricots 80U'.rH AFRICAN: Although only

a sma.]] t<rade has been done, prices continue fil'ln but there are indications Of a revival in the clen~and at an ear­ly elate. Roya.ls-one diamond, 44/, twos, 52/, 54/; threes, 62/, 63/; Capes ~fours 67/6, threes 57/6; t;wos,, 50/, ver cwi:. ex-wharf, L~ndon.

AUSTRALIAN : A fe~v ,parcels of 141h. trays are continuing· to seH slow­lyly from 78/, to 80/.

CALIFORNIAN : Fo1<1varc1 prices fol' new m·op continue firm, but the spot position is slig-htly easieJr on account of the small demand and the resell­ing on the va.l1t of a number Of deal­ers who made purchases before the sharp Rdva.nce in the markeit, Nomin­al quo,t.a.t.ions : Northerns-cl1oice, 55/; extr'" choice, 57/6; rfa.ncy, 60/ per cwt., ,]uty paid ex whnr.l\, London.

Peaches The position of th,is fruit is pacti·

cally unchanged spot prices slig.'htly ea.sie-r, a:lthough very business has taken place,

SOUTH AFRICAN : One diamond, 42/, 43/; twos 47/, 49/ per cwt. ex wharf, London.

CALIFORNIAN : Recleaned, choice, 46/; e:x:!.ra choice, 55/; fancy, 57/6 per cwt., dut~· paid, ex wha.rf, London.

Pears Owing to the shortage of stoclcs a

little business has been done in spot parcels of Californian, ·which are now in vm-y short su\lply. Nominal C1uo-

N ovem her 20, 1932 ·~---~~-

lations: HOU'J'T-1 A !•'It IC.\N 'I'llt·C'es, bli/,

no;; two:-;, 4~/. G:!/; uuc::\! 42/, '1•1/; :;labs, 40/, 4:lj.

AUSTRALIAN : FUUt' crown 'iO/; Un·oes, 65/; twos, GO/. '

CALIFOENIAN : Ligh,t colour new cl'Op choice', 43/; extra choice 45/G · fa.ncy, 48/G per c\wt., c.i.f., se~)te1nbe~· to Octobe.J• shipment.

The Anstralian Dried Fruits News 9 Australian 715'1 9453 Capo :113 fiG Cinlirol'nia 11 4G ~J '110 J-'ersin.n Afgli~tll, s~

India;1 2288 2 fJ ~) 'rl{EE FRUI'.rs

Ph:gs. Pkgs. Apricots 1705fJ 23004 I~'l'uiL SCLlad 1075 2G7 Nectarines 422 249 Pea:~s 14135 1187a

10564 20

6i>G

36

Pkgs, 20559

120 1297

HAMBURG 'l'lw ""!standing· de,·elopments in

the Gel'lmln (]t•ied fruit t~t·a.de during AugHst were an improvement in the prune sitna.tion and the colla.pseJ of the Smyt·nc. J'aisin market (reported the United Slates ·consul at. Hamburg on August 31).

Pntne~ PeachE's 5037 12997

15146 14736

"Dl"iecl fn!it imports in July were large hut the al'l'i vals in August: are

(Continued on Next Page) SOUTH AFlUCAN : In view of the ihcrE'af;e in the price of new crop Cali­fnt'nian fruit, the amount of attention P'li<i to spot slacks o[ Houth Africnn Jll'nnc'" has b0en somewhat di;;appoint­illg, 'l'}Ji:-;, bO\Y('I,'el', C'flll lJe !)al'tly at­

{l'ii>lllC'tl to tlw fact that the demand huH lH'en )n'inciva,l!y for 3o tu •JOs and 40 lo GOs ~-rndes, wlwreas Sd.~tth Afl'i­ctln suvplies consist cldei'ly gf 70 to 80s a.na so to 90s. 'l'11f1l't' <U'c' sigtis of ::-tn iniproven1ent in the dPJnand u t an cudy <late. Nominal quotfttions : 70 to ~Os, ~7 /, 28/; SO to !lOs, 25/, 2G/, Pel' cwt. ex 'vhal'f, London.

!~ALIFOtl1NlAN : CalifoJ·nian pack­el's httvel fol'med a Prmie Pool controll­ing 80 Jlel' cent of thee new crop, \Yllich is estimated a.t roughly 175,000 tons, and on Septeber 8 opened up their selling· campaign' with the fol­lowing- pdccs : 30 to 40s, 37/6; 40 to 50s, 34/3: GO/G0>1 .. 30/10.; 60 to 70s. 27/9: 70 to 80s, 25/4~; 80 to OOs, 22/10~; !IO to 100s, 21/3; Very litt]e, interest, howeve1·, was paid t~ these quotations, which since then have decline(] 3d. to as much as fJd. per cwt., Nominal \\al­ues are to-day as foro,vs : 30 to 40s, 37/: 40 to 50s, 33/9: 50 to 60s, 30/; 60 to 70s, 27 /D; 70 to 80s., 25/; 80 to 90s, 23/G; DO to 10os, 21/ pE'J· cwt. c.i.f, u. K. ports fo1· Septembei· to October shipment.

LONDON STOCKS

As at Atigust 31 \Varehouso re.ttn·ns issued on Au­

gust 31 by the, London Dried Fruit Trade Association-for a copy of Which we ar, indehtGCl to Messrs. ViPgil Boyfl (~ Co., of Ea~tcheap­give the 'follch•ing s~ocks, in com1Ja.ri­son With the prev'ous t\Yo years:-

CURRANTS 1932 1931 1930 Tons 'rons Tons

(l;)5 703 475 4643 4483 5310

Valencia RAISINS

& De"nia 27 4 15 Turkey, Red, Chesme,

1illeme, etc. 2 5 M:uscatel 21 7

1490 2088 1862 280 56 9

45 140 96 SULTANAS

30 12 121 16 38 173

INCREASED PRODUCTION AT UC D COST @ ® ® ®

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of AIWHMONIA the principal is available well within grower. In

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REPORTS :MARKET Hamburg

(Qc:mtinued tt'om P'revious Page)

. ·tonLl to have- been small, l'C-undel" · , , , , the orders for fleeting II\ eo<ch c.1se prompt shipments placed .one or 1 t\~~

·l'e'r Stocks m HamJulg months eat t . ·e! 'n and the interio1' of G_er1nany ~ver , 1

ltl ec ndition', W1th the exception a }Lea · 1Y t't' · o~ per-,. 1 , hro·e quan t 1e8 L • of unlH-Hld ;, (_ ·. o . clrag on Hian l·ai:-;in:-; \Vlnch act as a, ' _.1 I'

I'] o( j'(Jl' ol\!Pl' vnr!ct\l'B of t \ S the mn <•

frniL.n . . . , . r !·ere as no "C·11ifornin I"U-11Sll1R. r li W .

"' . the mm'l<et. for Calt-ilnproventPJlt 111 " tl . . , dut·ino· ' the nwn.. l, fornlrt rnt:·nn:-; b -i"t""~

PI' ices ttucl uatea somewlul.t but we . . 1 !own near the end of the

f01Cel l 1 1' i 1 Sl1lyl'-nth \Jeeam<e of the 'ec me ' ..

mo . 1 failure! of the An1encan na pr~ces anL '.·. still 1'cgarded as t:oo pool, They. a.Ie 'tl S1nyrna and high compa1 ed WI 1

. ' . e:ven thoug·h they , are very Petsmns, l't Not-1 f r raisins of this qua J y. ·. ow

0 ·ices or pel-.

withstanding th~ tiow d~~ilne' bushiess haps because! ot te ' l

. 1 . 1 buyers covered on Y was sluggts .1 anc ·. •rhe failt\l'e theil' immedw.te needs. . . " ool h\ of the efforts to fol'111 a rmsln P . . California. are regarded with . mtsgtv­. 1 lJll''el's will not comm1t them-1ngs anc ,) · _ , ·r e" , ' , on ruture orclC1'H ot any SJZ .

Hel\ e» " lc, 't result of "Sn1Yl'1Hl· f)nlta.na.;-;: 1 s < •

· 1 ·"I ·. extJected thts the Jnrge Cl'O,]J W \W l It< I • "' El . . and or fe'w on l,hd lJHI t of tl.' i·~~·~dsh, shippers Uta.t. the increas.~ lll'

t , Enghncl will reduce mateuall:y du Y Jll t't' 's that can be sold here, the quan ·' 1e· ' . , . . c1 _ )rices of this vanety of rmsms e 1 d . the month to unusually clined unng .

lo:w levels ancl local .dealers . ~1'e ex­)ecting them to go still lowet, . 1

. Sultanas were pur ch.ased "Perstan t t ent during the ea.rly par to some ex

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of the month but qusiness ceasec a -most entirely on the decline! in Smyr-

na prices." . decline in '.rhere was a constderable ..

I Of Currants dul!ng the the pr ce month.

CALIFORNIA A market report from California

1 ted october 15 states: "R.aisi.ns are c a t quotatiOns do rather firm but recen · noq show any cha.nge from a week ag~. We should say that Thompsot:s. are

f. atlc1 some sellers antrmpate very 1rn1 · , .. an advance· • lb are .

Paclrers' qu.otations, per . ' iven as follows at the above date:­

g Raisins-Seeded Musca~s - ~ancy, 15 oz 4 cents; 11 oz., 3<; ChOJce, 15 oz 3·: 11 oz. 2J,; balNl'S 2'!. Loose lVI~~sc~ts-in 25S, 4 ceo\vn, 4~~; 3 crown £ 20 at 2~; 1 .crown 2~ at 3!; 2 Cl'O\Vll ..,

2~. h 'l'hompson Seedless-Fancy 1u oz.,

3a 'lt <l' ce>nts. l1 oz. 3 at n; bulle -! c '* l ' 1 2"l•

3 ~ at 3 ~. Choice, 15 oz., sn: 1 oz, s'

bulle, 3~; in 4 lb. ]Jag 3~; Jll 2 lb. bag

3" :Midgets, in 25s 31t. "sultanas-Bulk, in 25's 2~ at 3.

Bleached '.rhompso,ns (in 25's)-Sul­phur bleached: Choice, 4 cents; Ex.

l . 4,. F·u1cv 5. E~t.ra Fancy 51;· c lOICe 1'l, . <=- ... • ' • "1 1 ic Golc1en blea.checl: Chmce 4.,; Ex clO e 5; Fancy ~1; Ex~ancy 6.

THE JVIEDITERRANEAN A l'epoq prepm•ed by the l.Jnited

S t t Agl'icultul'al Commiss·oner at a es t 'l the 1932 c1'op 1\Ierseilles sta,"cs 'lat .

. th JVleclitel'l'anea.n countries was In e ·' , g<o•od '1one. 'expected to be a vet Y . Tl;e estimated tonnage for Spmn,

I nd Greece was 247,500, com· Tur cey, a •ear 224 800 in pared with 1511,600 last \ ' t'

11 of

19"0 and ~4~.100 In 192J. De a s " • t three yeal's

prctluction in the. pts l. in sh<il'l [0!' (llEI yal,"i0US d!S 1'1C .o, tons, arP:-

Raisins 1930

n,GSl f7 ,~H3

ya]cHcln, (1S]Hlili) 1\lalaga (8paih) s1nyt'na. (Tlll'.) Cli•eec'e &: Ct•ete

41.500 21,500

lU31 S,GOO 7,500

31,000 21,500

iU32 11,000

9,ooo 55,000 22,500

Total 80,574 68,600 97,500

Gl'eece

Currants 144,242 83,000 150,000

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~ 151,600 247,500

Report foi· September . . ·t ft'oin the Co·mmlW \. later I epo1 · .

• Jc .'. la tecl Septembe1' 15, sta.tes,-:ownel, L ·

1 tl o[ r·\.!Him; and

•·•rhd lUH~ proc uc on ' ' B· sin · i ~he Mediterranean a

eurra.ntfl. n 278 r.oo Hhot·t tons . • 11 \V 1 orecast at ,u 1fl

0 . • . rhich is not shown

(incluclmg- Peista, ')' This is 54 per . tl a])ovel table · m le tl 180 850 tons estimat-cent. above te ; duced ' in these

1 t have been pro ec o 931 and may be comp!!;l'­countries in 1 t' f 264 274 tons In

d 'tl a produc JOn o , e Wl 1, 101 . 1929 It is therel-1930 and 281, Jn · ' . n-

. 'dent that unless weather co fot e, ev1

1 and early

litions during se~)tem Jel' ~932 ~ctober a.re unfavourabl~ . the . the

1 f raisinS" and mutants ln supp Y 0

' . 'll 1 e larrre 1\Iecliterranean Basm WI . J ' "'l~ble

"The latest informatiOn a.vaJ . d' t s that the production o·f rai­tn 1ca .e " (' 1 ding . . Turkey a.ncl Greece Jnc u su:s In 'll lJe above the forecasts giv-Crete) '1\

1 It ·s now en in report of July 25 J ' -the opinion that the total crop of ral

. . S . T.urlrey Gre.e:ce, a,nd Sins 111 · pain, ' · persia will approximate 133,500 tons, which, is considerably above the. 1931

, f 107,150 tons The crop WliJ be crop , o . all cot'intries with the ex-large-r In c • "'

ce )tion oil pe:rsia, where the vines w~re damaged by the extremely cold weathelr of last winter Currants are being forcast at 145,000 tons or very nearly double the small production o·f a ye~r ago, which, as far as can be determined now, a.m.ounted to a.bollt

73 700 tons. 1 '

'"'l'h exportable surplus of currants will ~f course, not: he in relation :o the 'inc1·case in pt·oduotion because tins veat· the re.tention pc"rcentage was fix­~d at 50 per cent, whi,ie in 1931-32 it was only 20 per cent on accoUl:t of the very srnall crop. On the basts of th.e ne\v l'etention percentag-e alone, It

would a.ppea.r tha,t1 around 96,000 tona of currants will be available for po1·t during the 1932-33 season, eVet' in view of the 1neasures will 'probably be talren hy the! ernment to increase the use of sur­plus and retention currant!'>, it is li!ie­!)r that exports will not exceed th,e s5,569 t.ons shippe'd in 1930-31, Fur­thel'more on aocount of present mar­k~ting c~nclitions:, it is questionable if foreign markets will be in a position to talce even that amount.

"Jn 1 H31 both the Turkish and Australian crops were light\ which 111aclel it possible for the TTnlten States 1 0 iHCI'Pase lHH' sales. This brings up t!)e rtuestion HH to what is likely lo tu ke lJlaue during th.e 1932-33 se.a.­:c4on. 'rhe l\J ecliterranean Basin countries e!xport.ed about 7G,OOO tons of raisins in 1931-32 and the 1932-33 evpodn.ble surplus is estimated at be­u·.veen [)5,000 a.nd 100,000 tons, It \\could appeau:, 4herefore, that, pros­pects for selling- American raisins in Em·opel in the 1932-33 season are less favourable tlian they were in the sea­son just closed."

PUBLICITY DRIVE COMPETITIONS Prices Presented

ln connection with the recent Dried Ft't1lts Publicity Drive Competition conducted by the Victorian Dried Fruits -Board, in conjunction with the Education Department, the cl1ah'111!t11 of the Board (Mr. J, M. Balfour), on N~vember 9 visited the Alfred Ot'es" cent cookery centre and the Fitzroy gil'ls school Bel! Street, Fitzroy, fot' the ]mrposel' of making a presentation of prizes.

Miss Norma Dawson, of the crescent school, was the successful competit.o.l' in Section 3 (cookery centre division), and a special prize was awarded by the Board to Miss June Stone in· Section 2 ('domestic schools division), whose entry highly commended by thel ('!.'he priZe in this Seiotion iYas by Miss Gladys Tanis, of the Iiams town dOinestic arts scool),

The Hon. M. vV. J. Bourchier, ber for Gou[burn Valley, J.• iVI. Ba.tl'out' made a presco;rul:at.~o

at the Sheppa1•lon Hig·h School November 11 of a prizCj to Miss een l<'urphy, winner in section the cp.m1petition (•country centre's high schoolsr, highet· entary or eJe:mentary schools),

ln making the presentations, Dntfou1·, on behalf of the dried industry, thanked tl1,e. Acting t;or of Educatio,n (Mr. J. McRae), Superintendent of Domestic (Miss F.uth Evans), and the pals, s'affs and pupils of the ous schools for the wonderful est they had taken in the tio,n. He congratulated them excellence of the entries which of such a high standard that judge's task was a very diffioult

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SISALKRAFT is a proved success for topping off fruit from lhe Racks, quickens this process, and is invaluable in determining the right colour in Sultanas · and Lexias.

SISALKRAFT, \vhen used usecl in Mildura District last Season, was instrumental in saving fruit which would otherwise have deteriorated (<~an un­commerical stage.

SISALKRAFT SISAL KRAFT SISALKRAFT SISALKRAFT

c<J.n he used to ad\':llli<~g·e as <1 substitute for JTessi<~n.

can be used successfully with or without Hessian.

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sheets can be used on damp drying-grounds, and, the material be­ing clamp-proof, no moisture is drawn through by the sun.

SISALKRAFT saves time and trouble of rolling in at night and. raking out in the morning, as a cover sheet tucked over and under the. under-sheet

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f)revents rain, cle\'1' or tnoisture from affecting fruit. The less handling fruit is subjected to, the better the finished r)roduct. The under and vcr method of covering with Sisalkraft will result in grade irnpr wement, as broken, damaged or "blob by" berries are reduced to a 11linill!ttlll. . is a real labour saver. Yon can leave the fruit out 111 the most inclement weather. Damp, wet or couch grass drying-greens are no longer a worry. Prices will be reasonable and almost as cheap as Hessian. vVhy ? Because it v.rill be manufactured in Australia 111 time for next Season's requirements. ~,';u,

This material will be available from supply sources throughout the Dried Fruit Areas in Australia. Existing distributing channels to gTOviTers 1vil1 h8.ve preference in Fruit Areas. Demonstrations will, if possible-, he anangecl at all centres during the next few months. can be used fot· VPl'V 1111111V other things, vh.: As Pa nnellhJg' nnd Ceiling'S nt about one­third the cost oe romnetitive lining materials. A8l Underlining for Roof construction, JWeventin.,- moistm·e rlt·'p,;, find forming a.n insula.tion for exeeRsive hot and cold condi-tions. Ideal Wind an'l wate'rproof lining for Huts, OutlmildingR. etc. For Concrete-curing. Users t'enort n. sn.ving of time of 50 p. c. to 90 p. c, as compal'ed with the usuBJl sand Ol' clir> methorls whilst m·oducin.,- bE'tler results. For Tobacco growerq nncl TVTnrket g·ardenArs-ihe idealfor the covering of young plants A valuable' lining fo,. 'rohor"o Kilno; nncl is beinglWed cxtei1Rively,

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SEASONAL AND CULTURAL NOTES An Irrigation Blocker's · b "N " Jottmgs, Y emo

centlv gave the writer an interesting pam1;J;let issue'cl by the . vVoorine.n Dl'ied Fruits InquiJ'y Comn11ttee. Th1s con1mittee., worlcing· in conjuncti~n with Mr. A. V. Lyon OL th~ Merbem c.S.I.R. research station and Victorian State officers, cover a lot of ground and this 1'eport connnents on bud ]Jursts, fruitfulness, general comme11ts on behaviour of vines during t~1e' g~'OW­ing period, harvest rwork, dis.ti'·Ict yields erection of l'acks, clehydrahon, and a [:;'eue:ral summary of the year's opera­tions. Altogether a useful pamphlet. 'l'he idea might well be adopted by Pi i heJ· our BelTi Experhne'ntal farm or by the efforts o•f our Agricultura.~ Bu­reau. The A.D.F.A. helped \';Jtl1 a grant to covet· financial expenses.

SHED DOOR CLASSING AND COLOUR CHANGES

Possibly the mos.t cont'enuous ma~-one which causes tnore heal t

te1·, and , ther in the whole burning th:U-11 an~ o , - . r of the dl'ied fruit indust.ry, lS ove

l·a le c]acsi'no· at the shed door. The g C (_ L '-"' b 't 'll

I l" ~· ~ 'ob .is an unenviahh:~ one, 1 c a,sei s J . . • factor

,1 . 1 the human element Is a. " llc 1 . ' t on the ·w!Jole of some unportance, ) e , . ,

1 . 't Jf the improvetnents "luc l 111 sp1 c ' · 11 ·ales have been made in our b.u c . gi c . . to veal' there 1s still a lot from yeat " : ·ood deal t b done Owmg to, a g ~ ot~l' light. colored fJ·uit losing colom~ 0

1 . t came fron1 abroad o nomp am s . . o·radeS ]Jeing·. mixed in colom:s OWI~l~ ~hicily to ]Jleuding fruit whJch Ius

1. 1 by different processes. ]1een c 1ppec I · · to 'J'he fact of our sultanas l;av~ng

I . 1 t a nmrlcet on continuous ]Je supp tee o 1 it cl~mand throughout the year mares ·t

for us to lmpw befor,e 1 .n~esslaryl the ultimate co~!our . change 1s pac cec . to which is likely to talce place,, so as Ieee) faith with grade valu.es m~rked o l I boxes For many years MI. R.

,I V ll' ire jun., of Mel'bein has be~n M · . ou ~ )~rimen,t,s 'with th,is end m malnng e. 1 f t 1 process

. 1 has now pe!' ec ec a v1ew, anc h' effects in 1'1 ely to have far reac mg . I' 1 · . ·t possible to tl i'Iduslry, manng I t Ie · . f hours treatmen cletermine tn a ew

the ~tultilnate." e:olour chang·~· . Tl writer is of the oplmon that

Ie this method of pre-determ-only by bl to at'l'ive at ination shall We be a e .

1 . tlie trade with a long hne supp ymg . of even coloured frmt. . .

ears our classification In recent Y C· • t has developed into dozens . of yfp·e~

. , uite enough to grve a us wluch me q bad headache', but un-rate classer a . des tnay 1 ' voullaire's method, gta c ei t d in ,three 'main lines; Golden be y(pel aracteris.'ic to otw cold clipped typ0 c 1 " . • 1 . well. 2 fruit) which keeps rt,s co om Red type, which chan~es colour cofc:'~

aratively quickly. 3 mtxed t:lroe. wh P . f delivery loolcs good, but at tune 0

• • f be ries . . · a proportwn o r contamnug

1 • after a

which break down in ,co, our . time leaving a more or less pre bald

sam1;;:e. The process has

b those wl1o have Y . 0 • its effectiveness and

bee'n :well received had practdcal dem·

onstratl. on f. • th Packers as-. t ow remams for e I ;It' n t.o se~ that it is ca.rri<'d to soma 10

'"'practical conclusion.

CINCTURING

. · UjJOn US anc1 Cincturing tnne IS .._' ..... ~ 1 e commenced opma

whill'l n1.any la,V • · further de-tions others are awaltmg tl 'ob

t rerJaring to do 18 J velopm.en s, P · nt carried rather late: Yet, expernne s , ..

Bel'I'r' OJ·charcl over a pellOd out at the

of six: years, sho\V us c.on­clusive1y tl~at ea,rly cincturing .<>:we~ best results. 'J'he practice :vhJCh .has been in vogue almost ever since m.nc­tu11'ngj became 1o1own has been to mnc· ture when half .to two-thirds of the blossom caps have fallen. That Be1'l'i trials show best resuiits w11,e.n cinctur· ing has been done when flowers ~.re just opening may be seen by the 18•>

· 'lt · b, y 1\•ri' F R Arndt and su s giVen CL • • • ,.

obtained from Mr. N • Fothe~mgham, manager of the Berri Orchar • . .

I was aske'd ,t0 express an opmlon on the Clhi.Cturing of sultana~, and in talking the matter over w1th . Mr. Arndt found our personal expenenccs coinci'decl. The first year our nrops had inc:l·easecl considerably but th:' vines suffered the following year, af­ter which botli Mr, Arndt and I gave

it up, Lt ~houlcln't be neceilsary to cii::c­

ture sultanas to obtfllin a Cl'.JD, 10\nd faill'"e to se't is often the canse of an attack of oidium unbeknown to the growe1•. If a decent crop cannot b~ grolwn by liberal dressin~s ~f sulphur liberal manurial apphcatrons . ~nd "Teen manuring and proper h~lptng ~~ethoc1s there is something :'ftd1Ca11y wrong somewllei'e but tl~e wnt~r does not believe that cincturmg Will give lasting benefits.

WOORINEN INQUIRY COMMITTEE

1\Il'. J Stewart the A.D.F.A. or­ganizer,. who has been in Renmark re-

Contributing factors to the produc­tion of loi\V gTade fruit were found to be as follows: (1) Shortage of ra~k npace, ( 2) rack tiers too close together, ( :l) raclm too close together 01· shelter­etl 1Jy bnildin;:;-s ancl trees, (4) fa.ulty ln.vout of <lrying gt'ouncls•, (5) unr?of­e<l t·aclm. Useful 1·ecommenc1~t~ons we1·p ma!le as follows: (1) sut[ICient rack Sllftce to hold rtt least half the cJ'op, (~) 6 ]Jo:ts of hessian per rack, ( 3) 2GO clip tins per unit of 20 acres, As most of the disabilitie's encountere.d

t '\Yool'inen are present in other fruit a . ro rack building o1· rack covenn~· P -are'as, now is the tin1e to constcler our gTamme for the coming years opera­

tions.

OVER-SULPHURED AND "TARRY" APRICOTS

I was shown a sample of dried ap­J'icots recently which were bought from a local store for the purpose of

I . J'am They had the appear· 1naung • d , nee of being· over sulphtu·ed an wele

;. tinctlv "sulphury" to taste. In ad­c IS: J 1 . • ·nated clition they were strong Y IU1pieg

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IRYMPLE PACKING PTY. LIMITED IRYMPLE and MERBEIN

PACKERS OF DRIED AND FRESH FRUITS h f Orchal'd Requirements At Gl'owers' Set•vice in all Branc es o

Registered Land Agents PI!"?'~

Fire, Life and Accident

INSURANCE AGENTS and Lidding Machines and "Premier" Box Fralning t'

Agents for 1 Quotations on App:~ca 10n. G.ardnel' \;'\Taern Elevating True m.

E. J. ROBERTS, Govet·ning Dit•ectot•.

P. MALLOCH, Ma•naget• and Secretary.

November 20, 1932

with the taste of ta1·, which manifest­ed itself in the jam made fl'om them. \Vhen asked for an explanation, I called to mind having had this trouble with my fit•st batch of apricots taken from a new rubberoid sulphur house rnany years ago, I do not know whether the troubl~ might be obviated by burning a pan of sulphur in the box before putting fruit into it, but it is worth while :for ou1r sheds to look into the matter.

REJUVENATING CURRANTS

Cue1·ant vines, o'ving to the1 neces~ sity for cincturing or from other caus~s. often become weakened and

have to be cut tack to shortened main arms. V\Then this happens, leaving gaps in the trellis wire,-o"ffends the eye, as the ~vire was nle&nt to be co. vered with fruit bearing ai'111s. There are too ways Of rejuvenating a debili­tated currant patch. A sucke'r may be brought up and nursed fot• a year or two unLil it is large enough to be cinc~.u:·ed after which the. old yine 1nay he ~awn ol't'. The other me­thod is to !JUt clown layem between lheJ old vines from rocl,; on the end of i he mnin ann. The ann can be hrougilt clown nt the, extreme end thereby maldng u(le of even a short cane to start the layer going,

SPREADER FOB ARSENICAL SPRAYS

'l'he other day Mr. Sam' Richards mentioned to me that a great many pear gTO\VBrs do not use casein as a spreader with arsenical sprays simply because they do not know how it can be mixed. So for the purpose o.f en­lightening the pear• brethren, he passes along the following informa­tion obtained from 1\Ir. F. H. Basey 1nany years ago:--.

Take one good tahlespoonful of casein and nlix it in about ~ cup of cold water, add one quart of hot water and sti1· well, then add one desset•t spoon full of caustic soda. Always be sui'e to add the caustic hcst, This is sufficient for a 75 gal­lon vat..

H white oil is to be used iii addi­tion to casein, double the quantity of casein should be use'd, If this is not done, spreading becomes ''blobby" instead of having that; evenness so desil•ed by pear growers,

COLOURING UP CURRANTS WITH SULPHATE OF IRON

Mr, Don Farmer opened an inter­~isting topic in September Dried Fruits Nelxs in drawing attention to Pesults obtained with sulphate of i1·on by Mr. H. T. Steer of Nyah in get­ting colour in cur1·ants otherwise dif­ficult to ripen. 1\iy own experience has been that up to [], n tons to the acre crop will gene:rally give a good colour, but when harvesting a 2-ton_ 11er, the quality is nl,Yays lacking, in spite of manurial trials to obviate th's difficulty. There is room for :scientific investigation of the sulphfl,te of iron theo1'Y,

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EXPORT CONTROL BOARD

Nomination of Grovvers' Representatives

Tlle Mlnisler for Commerce (Mr, F. H. Stewart) has announcecl that the term uf two years for which the growers' rcp­rc5entatives at present on the Dl'ied l·i'rults Export Control Boa.rd 'vere elec ,..P.d will expiro early in the new year. The retiring ·:neinbel'S are eligible for re-elec­tiOn.

It was explained by Mr Stewart that, unuer the Dried Fruits Export Control .&ct, provision is 1nade for the election nf two Jepresentatives or growers in tllU titate of Victoria, and one representativJ. flY growers in each of the States of New South Wales, South Australht, and Wes­Lern Australia.

Nominations of ove.s for each of

growel'S 1 repre~ent~­

the States concerned will he received lJy the Returning Officer, JJepnt·tn1e11t of coinn1erce, Canberra, F.C. T., not later than November 30, 19.i2. 111Ul'l11.:> of nnn1ination n1a.y be ol)ta.incci L'0l1l the Secreta.ry Depart:nent uf Coln­lnercc, t!l9 Collin~ Street, Melbourne, Ctll., the Returning Ofiiccr nt Canberra lhe Velerinary Officers, Dcpa,rtment oJ Commerce, P.O. Builclings Port Aclelalrlc, and Lho Collector of cu~to1ns, Frelnan­l.,le, Each non1ination muRt be suppnr­ted IJy the signatures of at least twen­ty IJona-ficlc gt·owerB of cll'iecl currants, dried sultanas, or dried lexias.

A I'Oll of growers for each State ha> ueen prepa reel and a copy has been for­warded to each packing shed. Growers are invited to inspect the roll for the State in which they reside in order LC•

flatisfy themselves that their na.:nes hav8 oeen recorded. Packing sheds wiil ;•.!'·

1ange lo notify the Returning Officer if ,my have IJeen omitted,

The Minister aclc1ec1 that the previous

COOMEALLA AREA

Quarterly Report on Progress

The N.s.w·. Minster for AgricuHm·e, states UHl.t during the <1Uartrt· ended ~~ev~en1ber 30 sea8onal \VOl'k \vas car­ried out by ~et.tlers and hm·vesting of navel oranges \Vas continued at Coon1..., ealla. Citl'us on the Are'a is still in errrly stages of development. Struc­tural improvements, mainly in the nature of residences, werel continued by a number of settlers and the type of dwelling nO\\r being erected is an in­r1ication of the progre:ss of the settle­ment.

'l'he fit·st il't'igation >Yas completed on SeptcmbeJ' 30, when 1435 acre feert of wate1· had been supplie'd. The Irri­g·ation, was delayed to some extent o'w­ing to rain,

Dm·ing September Sir Phillip Game, State Go,·ernor, paid a visit of inspec­tion to thel Area, accompanied by Lady Gnnw and party, The visilot·s ex­lH'essed themsc,1vcis as deej)ly intorestetl in the 'vorking and genera.! clevelup­l!lent of the settlement.

An insvection c,vas also made by tile Chief Commissioner of R.ailways Vic­toria, 1\ir. H. Clapp, whose l)!'~vious visit to thel settlement was in 1925 in the early silages of developinent. Value of annual production is now £100.000 and the Commissioner expressed him­self as deeply impt·essed with the pro­gress made and with the excellent type of permanent structural improve­ments effected by settlers,

system which required growers to lodge l!."clividua! claims for enrolment in res­pect of' each election has been aiJolish<>.•l.

RENMARK FRUITGROWERS' CO~OPERATED LTD., RENMARK

A Company Owned and Contt•ollecl by the Gl'owers of Renmark

fol' the Co-opet•a.tive Packing and Processing of Dried Fruits.

Paid~up Capital, £32,901. Reserves, £13,685

Packers of the Well Known "ARK" Brand -- D:ried and Fresh Fruit -

Timber, Hardware, Produce, and General Merchants

Growers Financed Against Coming Harvest

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Week Ending Octobe\' 29

SPECIALITY REPRESENTATIVES' REPORTS Drie(1 I•'nlits "vVeok" in DANDEN­

ONQ has peen a great, sncce'ss, Stores repm·t t\1<\t cOl1Sic\ernbly more fn1it is being so\fl.

Following ar•e extracts from the weekly r·enort? of the ql'i<'ld fruits speciality repres<;Jntatives who are touring the easter•1 and southern

Grocers visited 8: total interviews 3G; screenings: schools 3, public meet­ing 1, leoture'g 5: window displays 2; a dulls addressed 300: childrBn ad~ dr<'ssed 1,000; recipe books 500'; mil­eage 39.

States with the r01dio·mpvie display va,ns:-

MR. A. E. MATHEWS Week endirw October 15:

Calls m<H11': Grocers 5, ba)rers 2 · JV!oyie Sh,o,ws: schools 3; Rotarians 1, Cot1\lt\'Y \Vo111e11's Asso.ciat~on 1, o.pen to pqV,\ic :;~t stores 2. in the main sh·eet 1; to'c,al inte\·yie;Wtl 13, window displays 3, wireless display with mic­rophone 2, wireless display without J11icrophone 3, co.oltery books distri­buted 2·,050, sales 1, mileage 29.

ThereJ seems to be a great field for work at TAM\·VOHTH. Storekeep· ers have rendered n1e eve1y assistance and the latest report was that sales of1 dried fn1its hf\d boe1n greater than a11ticipate11·

We<'ll< end.ed Octob.et• 22 Gl'ooers callt!(\ on 10; bakers called

Pn 5; win,clo,w c\isp\ays 2; moYie shows 7'; mileagel 41.

I had to extend my sojourn at TAJ\11WOHT,1:! for l;\nother week. I,t has no;w )J.ee~1 bl'O\If5"ht to a very sat­isfacto!'Y cOJ\c:usiQn, as all store's h.ave greatly increased sales ancl the balcer:> are 11m.ld11g" l'aisin bread ancl t\:'{o con;fect,ioners are making; raisin p\e!s.

Week EndimJ Qctobe1· 29 C::\lls. n1ade: gro~en; r, ba.1,ers 3;

·,\,inc1ow disp\tws 2; insh1e: s Lore dis­pla.y 1; nlovie shows: schoo,ls 4, out­door to J1Ublic 2; tot-al in tel'yiehvs 15; mil£iag·e 103.

This being the firsl Yisit of the van at GUNNEDAH, it created an aston­ishing interest mnong th,e storekeep­ers and 'the genel'al public. Very en­couraging assistance was given me by tJhe s.tore]cee]1ers, and the ])akers are g·oing to try out theJ raisin bread and pies. \Vhenever the van l}as been stationary I have been kept very busy giYing out cooke!'y books.

Week Ending Novembel' 5 Calls m.ade: grocers 3, balwrs 2';

window displays 3; movie shows 5 · tjotal inteirviews 12; mileage 114.

A very successful week has been spent at MANIL.LA, as I fomH1 tho p'Coplel m()st responsive, a!Hl keenly interested in my wm·Jc I round many people aJD::ious to know more about our products, e'specially frui~s. Cool(­'3ry ])oo!cs :were in grea.t demand.

MR. A E. HAMMET Week EncHng Octopet' 16

This week has been spent. in organ­l.zing Dried Fruits ·wec>lm in Geelong, Calni L'l'dO\VH-COl)den, rr(-'1':-Lllg' l\fort­lake, clit>\riuts. l\'li'Pagc 30il.

2Toce'rs called on li; Ba leers called o 11 7, windo>ws 2, schoo s a(lch·essed 4, picture shows 6; mileage 35.

On l\Ionday night or this week,

g·ave an addi'ess and showed the pic­tures of the dl'ie'cl fn1its industry at the 1nonthly meeting of the GEE­LONG bmnoh M the Natcn·:;~! Health Society of Aust<·alasia, a!Jo.ut 60 mem• bers being prese:nt. 'l_,his soeiet:y very fil'Inly believes in the J:egn!m· eating of fruit, particularly raisins.

Week Encling Ootobep 29 G l'Dcdrs call eel on !J ;· displays 3;

schools addressed 10: picture shows 13; mileage 7 4.

I had a busy weelc this lweek among i he GEELONG schools. Teachers are <lnanimOl\S in their opinion that the moying pictures are a. valuable adcli­tion to the propaganda.

VVeew Ending Novembel' 5 Grocers called on G; bakers called on

2; window displays 3; schools address­ed 4; picture sjwws 5; rnileage 7 5,

Monday of this ,,yeel<: I spent in GEELONG flnisbing off the scho()ls hereJ, going o{l to COLAC that night.

The usual progTEnnan1e: ,vas success­fully carl'ied out in this t.oWllj. cul­miJW.ting in a well attendetl public

ll<Ceting.

MR. J. L. GIBBS Week Ending Ootobot• 15

fkl'eenings: IIig-b, sch,ool, State selwol ancl Conve'nt con<bined 1; pi.Jb­lic meeting 1; windctw clisplays '1; g'l'or;er8 visited G.; 'l'otaf• i1'terviews '10; childn·n ac1dl·E'sse(1 600; adults acldres­sed 130; recipe books 400; mileage 125.

lt would appear that the nearer one get to l\'Iilhom·ne the lwrc1ec1 it is to s··"iinulrd:e intel'E'~-lt in the ca.n1paign, Hllll this w::~cs noticeable at '\YA.RT>.'A­(i-UL. 1-fu\ye-.:er, fron1 revorb:) received from the storekeepers I gather that c1el1nito results have all'eady benn ob­tained fl'om the campaign.

Weok l:':nding Octobel' 22 I hn,\'c' :.;pent tho whole of this week

in rqnldug ' nn·ang·HLnents for Dried J:'l'tlils \VePI<s to he ilelcl in :nanclenong, l<'l'n\fl.»:tou alld l~(ol'Hit•gt,>n.

Week Ending November' 5 Screening,;: schools 2, public meet.

ing 1; le.ctm·es 3; window displays 2'; eount,m· displays 7; g<•Oce:rs visited 7; total inlet'views 33; 'children address­ed 800 i adults addressed ,100; recipe boolm ,100; mt•eage Gl.

-'Very sa,t.isfactory" describes the n:sult of the campaign in FRANK­i::::'l'ON.

CALIFORNIAN NOTES

Good Drying Season

'l'he gov(:!rnment cr·op report for Ca­lHorni<\ of October 1 sa.ys t:hat weath:­el' COJH1itions in Septembm· we're fa­vourable ror the harv:est of fruits and nuts. Sun drying of fruits was withe­out, any interruption from rain in most m·eas. The ra.\Hin grape crop \orecast at the a.bove date, was 1,1'(7,000 t\Jns (f•·E'sh basis) compm·­ed wit)!, 775,000 ton:; in l931, and 1,:)07,000 in 1930 (\Jf which 319,000 tons W\'l'e not harvest eel).

Cm10elle.c1 notes aggregating 5,600,000 clollm:s ino\llTecl in clefi;oits from crops ol 8e,vet·al yea1·s ago, ha.ve be1en tul'n­e-cl over to the Sun-.1\:Iaid Raisin Grow­ors to relieve the oon<pany of this in­(lebte~lne'ss to Ca,Jifornian hanks, in c xehange for tl!e "Sun-Maid" brand 1·igllts fo1· use on othe1· food products than raisins and dried fruits, and the IKtnks concerned have organized a c·ompany to handle the trademark J"ights.

Up till the October 15 issue of --Ca· Jifornia l~'ruit Neiws" nothing definite hacl been deci<il'ed in the matter O•f lhe Euless-Savag:e Fre.sno 'I'hompson SeecU'ess :fi'aisin Pool financing, 'though satisfactory progre,ss was un­tl< l'StOocl to have been made in the 1'1'\,scntalio\1 of a ,:,oan request to the f{peon"::~l'n<Jtion Finance Cot·poration.

Know~-n and Most P~"O'<,red Dehydrator on the Market

liEPEAT OFlDERS FROM PACKING SHEDS AND GROWERS SUBSTANTIATE THESE STATEMENTS

Nex: Season will see Lowet• Pt·ices, LO\t'ger C<Jpacity Units, and New Uses fo1• the Patented Heating System.

N ovembcr 20, 1932

VICTORIAN DRIED FRUITS BOARD

Meeting Held at Mildura A meeting of tl1e Victorian Dried

Fruits Board held at lVIildura last month •was attended by the chairman J\Il', J. M. Balflour, and Me'ssrs. E.' T. Henderson, E. J\!Iee'!dng S. H. Man­sell, H. V. Davey, and :b. A. Co.c);:­l"Oft. .. The secretary, Mr. H. A. Bal\el", ,,-as a~ 'so preseint.

Dt•ied Tt•ee Fl'uits 'l'he chail'man repol'ted that at, a

meeting of growers helcl at Tatur<L on septen1ber 27 a resolution was ear­rie'd that the Norther1~ Victorian IJ'Puil· g~·owers' Association affirm tp.e prin­c1ple of control of dried t~·ee fruits

·and that a special committee had bee~ , appointed to discuss the regulations ·and gene'ra.l matters with the Victorian Board.

T.he chail'man was asked to take up various matters with the New South 'Nales growers. This was done at a meeting held in Sydney on October G, and at that co,nference pra:ctically all matt.ers 'Yhich ha.r1 been held in abey­,ance. were mutually -settlElcl, At a meetmg ()f the Ministers of Agricul­t~n:e. for Victorillj, South Australia and ~ew South •\Vales held on October 14 It was agreed tha.t the Victorian and S,Ot~th Au.stralian l\1inis'ers should pro­claml dned pears, apricots, peaches n~ct~J·ines and l1rtmes as d1·ied fruit~ WJthm the definition of the Drie'd l<'ruils Acts It was repol'ted tluct the New south \~Tales BwJr, 1 . . • c, llld already pro-clauned those varieties as dried fruits.

Amending Legislation ~ertain .amendme.nts to the State's

D;·led Fr~Jts Acts wer.e considered Wlth. a Vlew to further !3afegua.l'ding the JntE~·ests of g 1·owers

_It was resol,~e.d to assist th.e finances or the South Australi::tn Board in re­gard to their litig:Hion co&t.s in con­nection with the re~ent Privy Cou "] appe-al. nc1

'l'he chairman repo.rte:d that a parcel ?f dried fruits forwarded int , t t 111 contravention of the regulat·ers a fe tlJ C . · l011S 0

e . ommonwealth Dried Fruits Act had been seize'd at s 1 ,Yc ney,

Commonwealth Sales Statem.ents submitted to the Bom·cl

showed that the sales of currants 8ul­t>tnas a.nd lexias up to Septemb~'r 30 . ":as 537 4 tons greate1' than fOr the corl'e!3lJonding period of the previous year, The CommonJwealtth sales for the yea.r showed an increase of 4400 tomi, In view or the economic con­cl't' . 1 l01)S th,e results were very gra.tify-1~1g an~ were a trilmte to the publicity ca.mpmgn and a strict supel'vision u1 eonnection with ille1gal trafficking.

Season's Pack .It was re.portecl that the pack for

';~otoria 11vas 34,!l67 tons, and the quan­tuty of New S"uth \Vales fruit pacl,ed

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in Victoria was 2,885 t911S, The am­ount exnorted to Septcm])er 30 was ~7,365 tons,

A report was presented sho1wing a very successful 1·esu~t f.rom the reo en t fruit drive. The sHver cup pl'esentecl by the Board was won b;j• the '\Vil!jam­stown Do)neHtie Arts 13chool, the sue· cessfnl pupil being Miss A. Jensen.

H was renorted that representf!Jions had been made for 11. display of dried fruit h; thel ha.)l of agriculture at the Syclney )l.nyal Show nm,:t year,

CONTROL BOARD'S REPORT .

(Continued ft·om Page 5)

forward at the 30th June, 1931, £48,688/12/7. 'l'!Je Drincipal Items of cxpendilillre were:--

Adminisl!·a.tive Expe'nses in Australia . . . . , , . , £3,003 17 8

Atlminlstrative Expe11ses in Grea,t Britain , , , , . , 7,108 3 0

Contributions toward the Austr.a!ian 'l'l'ade Joint Publicity Scheme 20,000 0 0

Deve'opment of the Can-adi.an lifarket, including eonll'i]Jutions lo the Coln-monwealth Govt. in re.-spc'et to tl)e opero,lions of the Austxa)ian Trade Commissioner in Ca1uvla 5,000 o o

Cm1tributions towa~·ds Dried Fruit In,vestiga-tions in Austmlia.. . . 1,040 10 10

'l'he Boa1'd would reiterate that the whole of the reve11~1e cont~·ibuted by the produce'rs of dried 11ruits, and does not fol' many cha;'ge on the consoli.dat.ed rev.enne of the

Commonwealth. GENERAL

The Board would accord special re­cognition t; the great assistance re­ceh>ed from tJ,he Empire Marketing Board,

Thanks are, als'() due to Mr. R, w, _Dalton, O.M.G., His Majesty's sen· 1011 trade commissioner in the Com· mon:wealth., and to Mr. D. H. Ross, t.rade commissio,ner :(or the D()minion of canada., Mr. Ro:os has assisted ill every wa.,y the important clevelopment Of tJ;e dried fruit export tntd~ to the DPm!Pion Of Ca.nada

As in former year~, the officer13 of •1hr? Commonwea,Jth Department of Commerpe and of Trade a11d Customs ha.y() facilitated the. work of this Board in the most gene,rous and helJJ• ful ma.nner,

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ORGANIZER'S REPORT

Con'tinued •f1·om Pa•9e 7) ,

ers lHH1 had considerable clan1age tlone to his apricots. His cUl'l'ants also sur­felTed· but notwithstanding the dam_­ago clone, a very flne crop is sho\ving on his ·vines now. vVhile at Clare I had :the oppot·tunily of atldl'essing gro:\Y81·s at the ·annual 1neeting of the A.D:F.A. branch and this weelc I a.lTl returning to s'peal\:. at t\Vo n1e·et­ings 'in the district, one at Stanley Flat, and one at \Yatervale. vVhile in the district I was also · aslcec1 to speak at a special returne'd soldiet·s set,tlers n!eeting decLling particulal'ly \Vitli the "hon1e tnaintenance area" principle. /

MCLAREN FLAT This a.rea. is still a sttonghold of

the "outsider", although the lit.tle A.D.F.A. group is doing its utmost to combat the activit·ies of the ''out,­sider'', and are hopeful tl1Jt\t season 1033 will ·show a strong'er position for tiw Assoelation than season 19 32. Still tl1e fact retnains that on account of the A.D.F.A. group's work there the Association tonnage rose this season to 215 tons as· compared with 85 tons for seasol'l/ 1931 and if so much of the fruit· hacl ·not required clehydration the bra.nch at the Flat considm· the Association figures w.o,ulcl l;a.v0 beeq · consillei·ably higher. Cur­rants i;; this ai·ea were boiJght by' the "outsider" a:t £28, (swe'at box). Buyer to find costs of dehydration. £31 (sweat box), ahcl £35 (sweat box), a few . small lots for propaganda pur­p_oses. At the time or .writing ,al­though I have visited the District I have not been able to get around many O·f the growers, but the AsSociation interests are in the hands of capa­ble men at JVI.cLaren Vale anc1 Flat, and it will not be their fault if seas­on 1933 does not show a gootl swing back to the AD.F.A.

CONCLUSION This :will conclude my official re'­

port as organizer for the Association. Next weelc I again talce up duties at Anga.S:ton. Sin,ce .July 25, when I took up work on behalf of the Assoc­ia-tion I have visited practically every important dried f•ruits ce'ntres in the Stat:es oJl N.S.\V,,, ·S.A., and Vic. Undoubtedly the general trend in growers' 1ninds toclay is the aclcnow­ledgement of th,e benefits of organized marlceting rnethocls, ancl the recogni­tion of the fact th.at "Unity Spells Strength".

Mr.

-D. FAR.MER

Stewart at Renrnark and Cadell

areic' during the pasL month, and nlso paid o brief visit to Cadell, whet·,·· he addressed the annual n1ee: ing· 0f the local branch and attPlLl­ed the Stale Confe1:enc·e at \Yai­ke'rie.

Surprise . was expressed by l\1r. Ste'''art at the amount' of fruit go­ing '"outside" in Rentnark. H·o,vever, he said, "Growers n1et with Who had been doing business with cash buyers now re'alize that they ha:ve lost tnoney, and it is anticipated that there will be a. definite swing back to Associa­tion channels ol tnarkeLi:tlg by those growers for the, 1933 season", A C'om n1on ren1ark heard atnong gTO"\V8l'S in rega.rcl to cash selling \Vns "Never again", said the organizer.

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