The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29

A Naa nIonElaR cm the UA& 8lsn. NSlon ln Uounoell1of Nio osM4n4 oS #laln 4agMNE4 Ger Eellng and sAo ONA@ ezNelal attitude ln the eenar Nal4n 4o aVeF4 lnHatson Wln oe n11a shortly. Elaln ora ulreotoe Chester g. BuWieu has publicly enaogueo tho @i8rosllon of MIR Administrator Donald MammerneEB relative Co . hoaxlnR and urEanaenonee Win ba completed und announced ohogaly,
 Dlgueeor muWl1s has admit ting a limited cholce~ ln mlelAoas, has nls6eoa oooporAllOn in bringing eyeEp moauUFe oe relief possible Co eho farmer ig facts warrant any change Ca the present oHle1nl ORA eetup ln Connecticut.
 x ME Duwles' pubic addresB Uvor che raolo on un~ og the most lm~ poFtAne economic problems of elao aay wna nB fellows
 In ny morning mall received Q letter sFoln Donald MammeroeRU, Conmeulicutx ablo Mllk AdmlnistNA~ tor. In this letter, Afr. HaznmeEaSlW uisuussed the problem of our Ccn~ uactluue dairy xnEmera wsth hiN usual intelligence and understand ing. xle pointed out the increased cost oe milk production and tho annger oe Q milk shortage later this summer. 1le recommended that Q joint public hearing Do held ln Che near future ct which the entire Connecticut milk problem could ne thoroughly discussed,
 Afr. Hummerherg suggested that both the State Milk Administration md the 0pA bo represented at this meeting, because we arc both con- oeEned over any moves Attecttng milk prices.
 It gees without saying that in behak os the State 0PA will most certainly accept Mir. Hammerbergs suggestion for . public hearing under Joint auspleces. A formal ac- ,neptRnce will be in the mail within the next few days,
 The purpose Of the hearing will be to secure the full facts on tho cost os producing milk In Connectl- cut. Only with tho complete story at our disposal will it h0 possible Go make fair and sensible decision,
 T1hore are, however, certain facts which are already available to us, Many of them Mir. Hammerberg brought out in his letter to mo.
 First Of oil, we have reasonably reliable figures on tho pyiee which Connecticut farmers have received for their milk over period Of tho last thre years. According to Dom aid Hammerberg, our dairy farmers received thirty-three DOT cent moro money for their milk in Januaty ieA8 than in January, io40.
 Farmers Expenses
 But how about our dairy farmers expensesY According to Mir. Ham. Inornorg, the cost of replacing older COWS with new stock is seventy-twc per cent higher today in Connecti- out ehan in iea0. The cost of hired dairy farm labor is almost double. Dairy feed costs are up thivty-one per cent. These three Items repre-. sent mere than half tho cost of runs ming Q dairy farm.
 on the big farms of our West and South, farm income for hogs, corn, wheat, cotton and livestock is up an average of eighty.five per cent while expenses have increased legs than half that amount. It is ob- vlouB that our Connecticut dairy farmers arc in . far less favorable position than faymers ln other parts oe the country.
 Now how about our milk suppiyY MR. Hammevberg has some interest. ia figures on that. Last year was tho biggest milk production year ln ConHectlcuts history. The first three months of i0a3 showed Q slight additional increGse over c year ago. According to Mr. Ham, faorberg, . good many small dairy farmers with . half dozen COWS or 50 have gone out of business and some blg herds have been auctloned of in Litchfield and Windhari