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Show TALK ABOUT RAISE II PIE OF MILK Dairymen of Weber County May Take Step in Interest of the Industry. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX, Sept. 23. An increase to the consumer in the price of milk, improvement im-provement in dairy stock and reduced freight rates on hay were suggested at a meeting of dairymen farmers here today as possible remedial measures to prevent a serious disruption 01 the industry in Weber county. The meeting, meet-ing, which resulted from a survey made by Thomas E- Powell, chairman of the dairy division of the Weber County Farm bureau, anil W. P. Thomas, coun ty farm ageut, was attended by forty-' five farmers who are engaged in trie dairy business. As a result of the survey, which covered cov-ered the entire county, it has been ascertained as-certained that dairy men arn disposing of their dairy stock and going out of the business because of the increasing cost of hay and other feed. That the situation is rapidly approaching a critical criti-cal stage was shown at the meeting when dairymen asserted that a ton of hay is uow worth almost as muh as a low-priced dairy cow. With much of the hay coming in from Idaho points, fanners at tbe meeting expressed the belief that the price would go to 2'f per ton before the coming winter is over. Such a price, they declare, prohibitive with dairy products bringing bring-ing their present prices. Statistics were presented by M r. Powell showing that the price of milk has remained the same for the past live years, while hav has advanced to three times its original price in the anie period and grain to twine its original price. Many of the dairy men preent presented figures showing that thoy were losing rnonpy on their dairy business busi-ness and have planned to abandon the industry by selling oft' all dairy stock. There is another serious phase to the qnpstion of abandoning the dairy in-dustrv in-dustrv in Webr county, according to Mr. Thomas. This is the question of fertilizer, which is especially important to the sugar beet industry. While the lo-?. to the farming industry would be i m measurable bv reason of reduced revenue, according to the farm agnt, the loss would san-elv pxepd that which would result to the la nd from the loss of fertilizer. To consider the proposed questions of increasing th1 price nf dairy products, prod-ucts, procuring bettpr far tie t hat will produce a greater qnantitv of milk ami obtaining possible reductions on freight rates for hay, Mr. Powell and the farm fsgent were authorised to appoint a special spe-cial committee and report later at another an-other meeting of the dairymen farmers. |