The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-28

Records in the dairy section of tthe agriculture adjustment, admin istratioil show that as of November l 23 a total of 13 milk shed mgarket- ing agreements centering in as many cities and including farms in 28 states producing for the ',ar- ket areas, have been approved aid are in force with licenses to dis tributors and established minimum prices to producers.
 Fully 120,000 producers located in 245 counties are expected to re- ceive increased incomes through these agreements. The total volume of milk sold il the areas under agreement represensf at least 10 per cent of all commercial milk sales from farms inthc country, or over seven and a half billion pounds an nualls.
 In addition to the milk shed agrcenfchts that are ill force, the administration has, approved two naional milk agreements, ono for eveporatcd milk and one for dry skim milk, ands has accepted pro posed amendments to the existing agreements for Detroit, Chicago, the Twin Giles, Philadelphiat adn Baltimore. The, first three amend inents provide for additional in creases in farm pricesTor milk over tho original schedules, while the last two relate to reduced prices for school milk. A special price for cream to consumersHh has, also been provided fof in Chicago. a
 Preliminary tentative approval has been given by the secretary of
 ts for san Francisco, Richmond, Vir- Council Bluffs, and ;Atlanta, Geor- gia. s, <. @ Agreements on which hearings have been held and which are url~ der review include fluid milk agree ments for. lclorida, iPttsburgh. Shreveport, and Oklahoma City and national agreements for ice cream and butter. Public hearings have been called on agreements for Tul. sa, Oklahoma and seven other cit ies in that state
 Aplications arc on file and re- views and conferences are under way for q number of other pro- posed milk shed agreements, in- cluding the following by states: Kansas, 20; Michigan, II; North Carolina. g.; Texas, z; Colorado. q; Iowa, z; California, $; Virginia, G.; New Mexico, 5; Maine, 4; Missis sippi. 4 {; Minnesota, 4; ennsylvania, 3; South Carolina, 3; Inninois. West Virginia, Missouri and Nevada, etch 2; and one agreement each from Idaho, New Hampshire. Or egon, Kentucky, Nebraska. and New York, the latter being tho Greater New or;s and New Jersey market, the largest in the country. Milk produced for the District of Columbia is also included in a pro- posed agreement not yet scheduled for hearing.
 It is proposed in future, as a general plan, to hold hearings on peding agreements in the localities where they originate. More respon- sibility for supervising the agree ments when accepted, as well as their preparation for hearing, will be directed to the local communi- ties.
 Enforcement of the terms and conditions of the agreements rests largely svith the licensing and en- forcement section with the aid of the dairy section for milk agree ments. To date orders ito show cause why their licenses should not be suspended or revoked have been issued to 119 alleged violators in hte Chicago area, 21 in the Phila- delphia area, and one in the De- troit area, or total of Al. |,
 Revocations of licenses to sell milk because of established viola tions have been ordered for two individuals in the Philadelphia area. The revocations were made in accordancs with theterms of the act and the milk license regulations of the agricultural adjustment ad- ministration. /, M
 Until more definite production control programs are under way for milk sold to manufacturing plants. d temporary stabilizatioiI movement has ,beensundertaksn by the Dairy Products Corporation with federal funds used for purs