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Show ! Farm Bureau Decides on Increase of Five Cents Per Gallon, Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, A us. 12. The TVeber County Farm bureau announced today that the dairymen of the county, beginning August 15, would increase the wholesale price of milk to the dealers by five cents a gallon. Notification of the increase has been sent to all dairymen and producers pro-ducers of the county. The action of the farm bureau was taken ta-ken upon the report of the dairy (omm it-tee it-tee of the bureau which recently made an investigation of feed prices and recommended rec-ommended that t lie increase be permit- tea. Tlie notice pent out by the "Weber county coun-ty Farm bureau is as follows: "Dairy committeemen : This is to advise, ad-vise, so that you will notify the dairymen dairy-men of your town that at a meeting of the dairy committee of tiie Weber county coun-ty Farm bureau, held Saturday, August 9, It was unanimously deeidfd that the price of fed made it necessary to dptnand of the dealers an increase of five cents per gallon on milk, to take effect not later than the loth day of August, JrJ19. "This increase is to be made in all caRes, except where prices were advanced five cents on August 1. "See that Die producers are advised and that nue accept less than the five-cent raise, because that price can be obtained.'' ob-tained.'' In addition to the foregoing the following follow-ing notice has beon sent to milk dealers by tiie dairy committee of the farm bu-rea bu-rea u : "Milk dealers: It has been found noc-c-'-sary. after an ex na us live investigation investiga-tion of feed prices, both current and future, fu-ture, to ask an increase of five cents per gal ion. to take effect not la ter than the loth of August, in all &ss except where a ra:s; of five cents was made on the 1st of August. Producers have been so notified. " |