Show MILK MILI HITS t TS SOUR NOTE DeLoy Bisel of or Kamas Utah encloses the following article from a newspaper In Sidney Australla Aus Aus- Mr Bisel adds A lot of or fellows complain about our about our base methods but if they are selling se milk under these conditions Im I'm sure they would be thankful for our base metho methods s Article States The Milk Board Doard after exhorting dairy farmers to produce more milk to offset Sydney's winter I milk shortage cannot market all the milk they produce in the lush summer months So It has told Wyong district dairy farmers that It can oan handle their milk production for only four day days a week Although they still have to spend money to pr produce duce milk on the o. o other e. e three outlay is practically a dead loss Joss oss I They cannot market the surplus milk independent of the Milk Board and they cannot divert it to other revenue making fields fields- I such as calf calt and pig raising be raising be law to cause they are aro bound b by y law to supply all aU their milk to the board It if required v vIt It If the board called for their milk they would suddenly have to pay for other fodder for the pigs and calves No wonder the milk of human I kindness Is going sour our with Wyong dairymen I Take a typical case One elderly farmer who invested invest Invest- ed in his dairy is going broke because of the boar boards board's s 's l lat latest latt t. t est edict Ills His name cannot be disclosed because he tears fears reprisals from fromI I the board j I The TUa mans man's dairy produces about 30 gallons of milk daily dally during the summer Under the boards board's edict 90 gallons of his weekly production I Is II not wanted So he lie is compelled to sell the milk for its butter fat butterfat fat content content- ant and gets only 12 a month for the surplus against the tho 72 he would get if the board accepted it as Ita whole ml milk k Net Loss 60 a month And the dairyman still has to top p pay y for cartage for milk fodder for cows equipment fertilisers for pastures so his return for 80 SO SOto I to 90 hours' hours work a week and a investment is less than 1 12 12 I Other farmers backing up the theman's theman's theman's mans man's story told of other chisel chisel- ling tactics by the board For instance all milk sent to I factories under the boards board's control con oon- trot is tested to determine its keeping qualities If a dairyman's milk falls fails to measure up it is condemned and instead of being paid for whole milk the farmer is p paid only for its Us butter fat content And hes he's docked the same came the next day whatever the quality I of the milk |