Show dairy production payments increase two good reasons why sanjuan san juan county farmers should make a determined ter mined effort to keep their milk production just as digh h agh as possible are the increasing military requirements quire ments for milk products and the increase in dairy production payments which went into effect the first of september wilford frost chairman of the county AAA committee suggests s the armed forces get more than just food value out of their huge milk products pro ducts requirements such as the morale lift for the men in in the front lines at bougainville bougainvillea Bou gainville of two servings of iced ice cream a week production of evaporated milk and whole milk powder is lagging behind needs and butter procurement ament for the armed forces must continue through october instead of signing off in september due to the sharp drop in butter production so far this year in the first seven months of this year total milk produced on farms was only one tenth of one per cent below last year and 12 per cent above the ten year average dairy production payments will be increased by 25 cents a hundredweight dweight for milk and four 11 cents a pound for butterfat beginning 1 sept 1 to new highs of 70 cents for whole milk and ten cents for butterfat this payment is made to help farmers hold up milk production at a season when iferd feed and other costs of dairying increase theres both profit and patriotism involved in doing our part to keep milk production high enough to meet all war needs needs mr frost advises dairy production payments are being 2 made by county AAA committees at two month intervals july and august payments at the lower rate will be made beginning sept 1 payments for september and october production will not be made until after november 1 |