§ 59. Mr. George Wallaceasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is in a position to make a statement on the extension of cooperative marketing schemes for the agricultural industry.
§ The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Thomas Williams)I am sure that cooperative effort will help farmers to bridge the gap between a wartime and a peacetime economy. It is, however, of the essence of such cooperative enterprises that the will to organise should come from farmers themselves. I am in constant touch with organisations representing agricultural producers and I am ready to help them in any appropriate way to organise the marketing of their products on efficient cooperative lines.