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Show I! MILK DEALERS ARE ASKING TRE HIGHER PRICE The following, article under the' heading "Price of market milk should be determined by cost of feeds," is given out by the Weber county farm bureau: "The price of feeds should deter-1 mine the price the market milk. If I the ratio of 20 cents per gallon for milk to $L'0 per ton for hay is fair to the producer, it should be ver easily determined what the price should De on or aq hay The cob I should determine the selling price of any ir-tide. ir-tide. "With the prospect of excessive prices for all feeds, many of the dairymen dairy-men are contemplating reducing ffi;r herds materially. In fac t elimination has already begun, which, with tne dry weather, Is reducing the supplv of milk for Ogden City, and which a' the present time is very short. Ogd-n must be furnished an ample supply if whole milk, but must in turn paj ' for the cost of producing it or her supplv will be cut off. "Announcement was made hy the milk dealers to the consumers of Ugden today, that an increase in the price of milk and creaniWould be effective ef-fective August l. The new schedule for retail milk is eight quarts for one dollar or 12 1-2 c ents per quart, which is fifty cents per gallon, an increase of 5. 6 cents per ballon It has not been reported what the dealer proposes pro-poses to pay the producer, however, even though the dealers allow the producers the whole increase, it will not offset the raise in the price of feeds. The milk producers are now figuring out their costs and will in the very near future submit their prices to the dealer." oo |