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STILL CLOUDY
Speaking as the chairman of
directors of Norco Co-operative
Society' Ltd., Mr. J. J. Haytei' ex
plained that the company would, not
compete in the butter competitions
at - the North . Coast show because
ithfc1 company did not believe in "pick
I up" classes at shows. If Norco
gives the usual interpretation to
"pick up classes" then its attitude
lis not likely to satisfy most of its
suppliers. A "pick up class" is a
j class composed of butter selected
I at random from a -butter--factory's,
output, an outsider entering the'
factory's cool room and picking any
of the boxes there. These are then
judged and points awarded in com
petition with butter similarly select
ed from other competing factories.
Almost any factory can make
good butter by carefully selecting
cream and making" a special process
of preparing a butter exhibit for
competition. Such competitions
have little value to suppliers. "What
suppliers need from-their factories
is good butter made under ordinary
working conditions to a uniform
standard. If Norco's attitude has
been correctly interpreted then it is
the harder to fathom because it has
always been understood that tilt:
manufacture of a good quality,,
standardised butter every working
day in the week has been a feature
of the firm's policy and has been
responsible for its commercial
success. To most Norco suppliers
the explanation will not explain
anything. They will probably de
mand that all the. cards be laid on
the table. This might aS well be done
now as to wait till the next half
yearly meeting, for the soreness - will
only rankle and become aggravated
in the meantime.
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