Show hope of daily industry lies in Edum education tion Campa frn needed to ab increased Inc reused production by HOMER A COLLINS mutual creamery company nutter butter prices are very low at present most of this Is due to the workings or kings of the laws of supply and demand but it la is ery likely that some of the reasons would be interesting to country producer and city consumer alike certainly both realize that butter and most of the other dairy products are at the lowest point for 20 sears ears while cori consumption Is receiving a tl stimulus producers are tire becoming discouraged by their rela thel high pr production costa costs but regardless of production costs it Is self evident that the p price rice of ot ra raw material creams cream Vs s entirely dependent upon the selling price ol 01 1 I the finished product butter the key to the dairy dalry industry Is butter utter it la is the largest single outlet for milk the surplus from mararet maliq fee cream plants chese factories and ill U find nd their outlet in butter so seasonal teas onal or other changes in the last four mentioned items can affect butter prices this Is why butter Is the barometer in the dairy industry and why the rise and fall of the butter market la is of such great importance in estimating the price kels of other products ae As for the future trend cf ef tho the butter market that ilea lies in the cie almost uncontrollable forces of amand 0 mand confidence ol 01 the trade and aa faill more lately in international acance finance oro menace taxes some of the angles are not particularly ticul arly discouraging and others are total national holdings are not excessive ta in fact they are much less than last wt ear or the average af t tho the last fhe years to be more exact on january 1 1932 a de breaw in holdings Is shown of 58 per cent as compared with last flear ear ard of 50 per cent as hs compari 1 1 alth the average of the last its MS e scars consumption of oleomargarine rn Is et extremely remely low and it t a most ceases to be a denaze the ills present phenomenally phenomena lY low butter prices the estimated per capita cor consumption of butter seems to hae increased slightly tho the last t to tuo years certainly all mai tecc ft f factors t are encouraging thu tn in holdings Is not no e S 9 oj as it seems being discounted because it Is a steadily ne C bortalo bort aeo mar te baur ly wiped out in a few more months still other items show why this Is a favorable condition tor for colsum er rather than for producers the november make of butter was 10 per cent heavier than a year ago a tremendous increase it is 1 estimated that 5 per cent more cows sill ill be milked next summer an even een greater increase exists in helfers kept on the farms six months from now other factors may appear to offset these unfavorable items but right now butter is carrying a heavy burden butter pays tariff during november the lear fear of foreign butter undoubtedly dep depleted Ted the market leeral several cents but that is not a menace at the present lower levels when london went off the gold standard and tre tte pound sterling went at a 20 per cent discount it was possible for canadian butter to hurdle tho the 14 cent tariff all and some did canadian butter is only 17 cents today and best ne zealand is only 15 cents in our mcney money and steamship rates are low so closely conne connected eted is the model modern n business world that IL d decision c on the gold sterling by the en 1 2 ush minister of finance lowers the price of cream in utah in a few short weeks so 80 much for the fact facts at pree eit heavier production certain meaning lower bales sales prices which usually means heavier consumption the exact balance between these three influences d upon the nat national tonal purchasing power this winter is said to be one of the chief troubles but when butter is cheap LA ti i public will eat butter the dairy industry is making serious efforts to help themselves sets es producers in the state of washington have been taxing the themselves M 1 2 12 cent per pound butterfat to the good value of dairy products product and very ery good results are claimed the california dairy council Is working along alo ng similar lines middle est eat states are racing funds fund q tor for the same purpose the general public Is awakening aak ening to brt real dietetic and economical adan advantages of products but not as fast PS woi oil 11 be dalry D city ducts mut bf be sold tn in fair comi ti ton alth many other items uh i claim the a arb pocketbook pocket boc of the pi iain public ilan to ta advertise here in utah a serious effort will soon bo made to raise burds for the 1 purpose plans rims are being made around the mak dealers P esta acial onor toor og dm dei cooperating with lite depan depart ent u aal and the bum alan uj aam of cc ottaker delry p such is the status of 0 the dairy in austry prices are low they may so go loer lomer before they turn and they cannot get much higher in the immediate futura than right now adjustment will viii eventually come as has always happened be fore but the only real hope right now la is in a stupendous educational campaign campa to absorb the increased production which la is already a reality the public should understand that items like butter and cheese are extremely low law in price and that every pound of these corn com moc titles used every bottle or can of milk aery dish ot of ice cream help helps the dairy farmer |