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New Brunswick Milk Producers Association
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30 cm of textual records
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Administrative history
The New Brunswick Milk Producers Association was formed on 15 October 1947 after the milk producers of New Brunswick joined forces in a price disagreement with the Dairy Producers Commission. The association's primary objective was to improve the dairy farming industry in the province in general and the position of New Brunswick dairy farmers in particular. In 1950 the association was incorporated and, in the same year, it became an affiliate of both the Dairy Farmers of Canada and the Federation of Agriculture.
By 1953 the N.B. Milk Producers had entered into an agreement with the Cream Producers Marketing Board with respect to joint advertising. Three years later a new quota system had been implemented, and by 1974 a marketing board had been established to run a new pool system which assisted with marketing. Internal pressures, however, forced the association to dissolve in the mid-1970s. Later the New Brunswick Milk Marketing Board was organized to carry on some of the work undertaken by the New Brunswick Milk Producers Association. George B. Whalen (1904-1978) was secretary-manager of the association from 1959 until its dissolution.
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Information about the custody of these records prior to acquisition is incomplete.
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The fonds consists of the administrative records of the New Brunswick Milk Producers Association, including a copy of the association's constitution (1972), minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial and other reports, briefs to government, press releases, and newsletters. It also includes newspaper clippings, a history of the association, and biographical sketches of its prominent members.
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Donated by G. B. Whalen of the New Brunswick Milk Marketing Board in 1975 and by his son, James Whelan in 1980.
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Associated materials
PANB also holds MC470 George B. Whalen fonds which contains a few records pertaining to various organizations involved in the Canadian dairy industry.