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Show Hinder ike A, buUcr takes 31. C per cent, farm butler, 9.2 per cent, while 11.7 per cent of the milk is used as fluid milk on farms where produced. pro-duced. In making cheese 6.3 per cent of the total milk is used; ice cream, 3.1 per cent and cannei i milks, 4.5 per cent, according to .charts. A chart of the distributor's milk dollar shows 52.31 per cent going to dairy farmers for milk; 19.24 per cent to delivery labor; 8.21 per cent to delivery expense; 6.33 plant expense; 4.94 plant labor; la-bor; 2.78 administrative labor; 2.18 administrative expense; 1.68 office labor; and profit 2.33 per cent, representing only a fraction frac-tion of a cent per quart of milk. "The production and utilization utiliza-tion of milk have so increased in this country," says the booklet, "that today we are the greatest of dairy nations. Milk, butier and other products annually create cre-ate an output valued at Vh billion bil-lion dollars. "Facts about the cows and the farmers that furnish the milk, the distributors whose efficiency has made wide usage possible and the consumption of this 'most nearly perfect food' should lead to a clearer understanding of milk economics. "One out of every fifteen families fam-ilies in the U. S. is dependent on milk for a livelihood. Milk is the largest single source of farm cash income, larger than cattie, twice cotton, three times wheat, five times tobacco. There are 25 million cows on three quarters of the nation's 7 million farms. "Americans enjoy the best milk in the world and economical distribution, dis-tribution, meticulous sanitation, pasteurization and other safeguards safe-guards have made our milk supply sup-ply a world standard." Uzda ilia Capital Do:.i3 By Uarda McCarty Utah's twenty-fourth legislative legisla-tive session opened its third week Monday faced with the intricate task of drast:caily reorganizing the state's governmental set-up and solving the problem of postponing post-poning biennial appropriations pending the proposed calling of a special session later this year. Governor Herbert B. Maw followed fol-lowed presentation of his proposed propos-ed reorganizat.on program earlier in the past week with a recommendation recom-mendation Saturday that the legislature leg-islature postpone making appropriations appro-priations to existing state agencies agen-cies until the revamping bill has been acted upon and time allowed to complete accurate estimates of new departmental needs. He will then, he said, call a special session ses-sion to arrange details of reorganization, reorg-anization, making appropriations, and confirm appointments. He further recommended that in the meantime general funds oe appropriated and monthly allocations allo-cations be made the several state agencies during the period between be-tween the end of the current bi-ennium bi-ennium and the time the reorganization reorg-anization of departments is completed. com-pleted. He estimated that the total amount available for the general fund in the next bien-n.um bien-n.um Willi be $7,612,383.29. Revenue Rev-enue from all sources, including federal grants, is estimated at $41,666,570 for the biennium. Department De-partment requests amount to $10,-023,100.59. $10,-023,100.59. H. B. 82, the Maw organization measure, consolidates all existing exist-ing boards and commissions into eleven major divisions. These, with the executive, state, and attorney at-torney general departments, would conduct all state affairs. The divisions are: finance, public welfare, engineering, business regulation, education, agriculture, health, fish and game, and publicity pub-licity and industrial development departments, and the tax and industrial in-dustrial commissions. Both senate and house continued contin-ued during the past week to introduce in-troduce and act upon various measures. A total of 132 bills had been introduced in the upper house up to Saturday night. Of these a dozen had to do with taxation. tax-ation. Eleven created new boards or commissions. Sixteen concerned con-cerned existing depart me n t s. Twenty-three made judicial code changes. Representatives had introduced in-troduced 99 bills. Twelve refer to taxation. Five establish new boards or commissions. Ten have to do with existing departments. Six senate and house bills carry appropriations. The senate passed by one vote the controversial bill prohibiting legislators holding public office within one year after expiration of legislative terms. The controversial contro-versial bill providing local option elections for cities, towns and counties on sale of intoxicating liquors passed the house. Thus far the senate has passed 16 bills and killed three. The lower house has approved 16 and killed two. Only two bills have passed both branches. Senator Ed Johnston of Mt. Pltasant voted no on S. B. 24, which prohibits legislators holding hold-ing public office within one year after expiration of their legislative legisla-tive terms. The measure passed the senate by one vote. Other :mportant bills voted on last week by ninth district legislators legis-lators included H.B. 4, providing local option elections for cities, towns, and counties on the sale therein of intoxicating liquors. Representative Ray P. Lund of Manti and John L. Bench of Fairview voted yes on this measure. meas-ure. Mr. Bench introduced H.B. 94, relating to the irrigation of conservation con-servation districts. Mr. Lund was honored with appointment ap-pointment on the joint session committee of three to invite Governor Gov-ernor Maw to address the gathering gather-ing on his proposed reorganization reorganiza-tion program. |