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Show iPflfCE OF MILK INGESONPH Dairy Inspector Finds There May Be Much Hay Available for Dairies That the pre?er.t practices of cattle-j cattle-j men in Weber county trill have a ten-I ten-I dency to provide cheaper hay for j dairymen during the coming winter. I was the statement this morning by Jjohn Fu i tty milk Inspector, Mr. Felt and In R. Eldredc... dairy expert of the extension department. Utah Agricultural college, made a lour through Weber county Saturday for the purpose of apxiint!nc eiglil men to I estimate cn?t.M of production In the ! dairy industry. According to Mr Felt, bonis Wangs-gaard. Wangs-gaard. Davis Wangsgaard. John Halls. I David r.nd Emil Xe'snn .''nd other large cattle and stock growers of Huntsville have abandoned the idea of 'feeding cattle through the winter jmonth.. During the past four rears, with hay prices excessively h'gh, stockmen have found it cheaper to buy cattle in the spring, ratten them during the summer, and sell them in jthe fall, Mr. Fel Claims HAY AVAILABLE. As the Hinckmcn .produce approxi-I approxi-I match 2000 tons of hay in Ogden val ley alone, it is expected that an enormous enor-mous quantity of hay will be nvailable for dairy fanners during the winter, at a figure lower than it has been for I several winters. During last season, Mr. Felt said, cattlemen paid as high a $fii a ton for hay With a low market this spring, few cleared expenses. The upward tendency of hay prices has also been felt by dairymen, whf. claim to hae operated during the winter win-ter at a loss. Mi. Eldredge has recently started 8 campaign throughout several counties of Utah with the view of determining the cost of proti'R tion to dair farm era. With this view, 100 co operalors to the movement, who will keep an accurate record on production costs for this industry, will be selected Weber We-ber count! will ha e eight co-operator?, located in districts where the dairy industry assumes the greatest importance. The eight men wbo have been selected" for this work have been chosen as follow! Clifton lllair. of Marriott: Hcnrv Holley of Farr West; James Tomlln son of Fa it West: George Taylor of Farr West; John Slater of Slatervllle; John Cowan of Rlaterville; D. C Wallace Wal-lace Of Eden, and J Earl Felt of Hunts- lib . if assertions of dairymen to the effect ef-fect that they have been operating their dairies at a loss, are true, the price of milk anu other dairy products will probabl; be increased, Mr . Felt stated On the other hand, if the dairymen dairy-men have been making good under present production costs, it is probable that there will b" a reduction in milk prices, he said. oo |