Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-29
GRASSH0PPERS PARTLY
BLAMED FOR MILK COST;
FEED THE cow SAWDUST
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is possible in a bus ness of that
size. They do not figure their
time as anything and their living
expense at home is taken care of
as The Profit for living for the
fanny. IN TINS manner ii Is pos
sible 10 do a limited amount of
business without nIIiug any out
size assistance wnlGh Is their
privilege 10 DO IL th1y so desire. In
this connection, however. we visa
To state TIA. there is lot of
labeled equipment belonging Iol
dahyinen IN the vicinity that is
practically used exclusively by
small dealers, having been picked !
up proIl4scuOun:y Slis 1t Is not az
together Unknown where some |
people have SIMPLY made an ef- !
iorI to supply themselves win |
bottles ana cans by depending on
picking up here and there enough |
equipment with winch to opera.e |
wnlCn uoes not lshttui.y belong |
TO thvm."
Not In Ford Glass.
'lteSdIulnS me decreased cost OF |
raw material, cotton, wheat, etc, |
and the decrease of automobiles, |
we do not figure that we are in a |
class with MI. + ord and cannot cut |
the prlce OF our products without |
decreasing the cost in operation |
The price of cotton as referred to is |
PROBABLY the tipre for cloth, where
as the price of cotton seed meal,
NnI,u aLIects the ualrymen 50 tar |
as we are informed at the present |
time is anything but an attractive !
price. Anyone who operates an au-
tomobile, particularly in the hands
OF individuals who are more or |
less Indifferent knows that there |
is no tendency In the decrease OF
expense OF operation.
"Rcgarding the Child We'll
fare home and the effect on
school children, Ii Is our Opin-
ion that any and all of the
large dairies have more or less
direct interest here, II moth
ing more than the cause OF
humanity and l do not believe
II their attention was brought
nourisnncnt, and was not able
10 get 1t, that ii would not be
promptly and checriuIly sup
pied.
1--WE realize the tendency at the :
present time is a break in the sit
uation and we are ready and willing
to do our part and share our re- /
sponsibility by reducing the cost
of our products just as soon as the
situation will permit us to do so.
"Yours truly,
(Signed) JAMES BEZMEk."
Feed Has Conc Up.
Retail prices of iced have gone ,
up since this time last year, ac-
cording to figures Obtained from
e. w. Fee, feed supply man, who /
states it as his opinion that with
the prices which have prevailed
since the beginning of war the
diaries should have raised their
rate long ago.
The hundredweight prices for
1919 and 1920 respectively were /
given by Mr.. Fee for feed supplies
as follows: Bran. $3$3.50; corn,
$3.S0-$3.50; corn ground. $4.O5-
$3.50; flax seed meal Gold process)
$5.75-$6.05; rolled barley, sab
$3.55 and alfalfa, per ton, $26 last
year, to s35 this year.
Mr.. Fee states as his belief that
the alfalfa shortage is due to lack
of regulation of irrigation and
drainage, and that the loss of thou
sands of tons of alfalfa this sum-
mer owing to the floods. and de-
struction by grasshoppers. is one
cause OF the cost of producing
milk. "In 1914 milk sold for 10
cents a quart" said Mr., Fee. "Al-
falfa was then only $40 or $11 a
ton. The raise IN the price of milk
is one direct result of failure to
drain the valley"
One large dairy in the city has
$4,000 worth of feed stored for
this winter ard will need more; 80
per cent of the alfalfa crop of the
state has been already bought up
and will not he sufficient for half
the winter, 1t Is claimed by the
milk men $751;.
loss of MIX Bottles.
The Hummelshine, dairy claims
that the loss Of milk bottles is no
inconsiderable item; twelve out OF
every thirty-six bottles are lost,
says G. Fl. Blumenshine, and the
bottles are exceedingly difficult to
get, while freight is high.
He said; "The FL Paso dairy,
which buys from the same people
that we do, uses a carload of bot
ties every six weeks. Milk has
risen no higher than anything else.
May 10 we paid s40.46 freight ON
thirty-six gross of bottles, and with
the increased freight rates we will
have to pay more. Bottle brushes.
formerly 80 cents apiece. are now
$40 a dozen. chemicals for steril-
izing cost $3.50 for five gallons net
last year and s12S5 net this year"
at is impossible" continues Mr..
Hummelshine,. ito operate dairy
on large scale in a sanitary way