| Show Milk Mill Prices Will Rise In n H Js S L r Ogden Provo I One Cent Boost Hikes Cost 1000 Year Retail milk prices will be he in in- creased Ic lc per quart in Utah's most populous areas Thursday I adding upwards of oC to the I annual l cost of milk to consumers in the state Milk distributors in announcing announcing announcing ing the price increase cited higher high high- er costs of oC labor feed and supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies as the reason for the boost An increase of per pint on whipping cream also is expected while half and is expected to go up Ic lc per pint and coffee cream per pint Present prices for dairy products products products prod prod- are a quart for milk sold in stores in cartons per per quart home delivered milk whipping cream a pint half- half half and a pint or a aquart aquart aquart quart and coffee or table cream t a pint I Boost to lo Farmers These rhese increases in prices from fromI milk distributors in the Ogden- Ogden I i Salt Provo Lake-Provo area are a result I of a hike in the price the they will ill I pay the farmer farmer per lbS IDS of milk beginning Thursday who consume an average average average aver aver- age of quarts of milk per person person person per per- son per year will find their annual annual annual an an- nual milk bill increased by about per person The hike inI in I price will cost the Utah consumer some during a month 12 period Still Lucky However according to Welby T. W. Young Heber vice president Federated Milk Producers are still lucky since they will pay only per quart as compared with in the Denver area to in most California California California Cali Cali- fornia cities and with the national national national na na- na- na average of 22 c a quart arc are not great milk drinkers anyway according to figures for last years year's milk consumption consumption consumption con con- per capita The national national national na na- na- na average was quarts per person Price Trice Boost Distributors have arranged to pay farmers more per Ibs lbs of milk meeting demands forced by higher costs of feed labor and supplies Mr Young said Mr l Young said the price of hay has risen 28 in the past year beet pulp prices have jumped 25 and dairy mix a agrain agrain agrain grain feed for cows has bas climbed 11 Mr Young also cited that dairy farm labor costs had risen risen from from per day a year ago to 8 a day now Delbert M. M Draper director Utah district Office of Price Stabilization said Monday I that the 0 OPS P S has no jurisdiction in inthe inthe inthe the increase in the price of milk |
