Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1951 Wicklow, Meeting of the County Committee of Agriculture

Source: Wicklow People, 04.08.1951

Miss Elizabeth Bobbett said she had been told that there were only fifty-one British salesmen to receive Irish exports and that their poultry was exported in a frozen condition. Customers would prefer to have fresh chicken, and it was injurious to their trade to have their produce classified with frozen produce. If a chicken were sent this morning to England it could be in the hands of a customer on the following morning and she saw no reason for having them in cold storage. Probably it was a matter to which there had not been given sufficient thought. She asked if they could ascertain the views of other County Committees on it?

[[…]]

Miss Bobbett: We don’t know at what price our stuff is selling in the markets. Senator McCrea recalled the times when turkeys were sent in large supplies and when there was a glut on the British market, they would report back the poultry had arrived in bad condition. Producers had been “brooked” all along. They were getting prices now which were fairly satisfactory but if they could improve on them, the Committee certainly would support the idea.