Milford chronicle., 1950-12-08
MIX Industry Gears
Program For 81 Needs
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have made great strides in balance
ing production with demand. They
have also increased the efficiency
of their farms 70 the point that
fewer cows are producing more
milk than they did few years ago.
In Philadelphia, dairying is big
business. Inter-State's members
sold last year nearly $S7 million
worth Of milk. This volume,
amounting to over one million
quarts a day, is produced by the
1000 members in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and New Jer-
sey.
He also told the 700 delegates
and members that much of the
credit for the distribution Of this
milk, was due to the cooperative
attitude Of the distributing dealers
in this area. The Interstate has
"a approved dealers who market
the milk from its members farms.
Touching on future milk prices,
Mr. Hoffman declared that for the
present time, our producers are in
a position to meet all consumer de-
mands at fair prices. Farm prices
Of milk are the same today as they
were at the same time one year
ago. MIX has not zoomed up like
some other commodities. The real
squeeze could come to the dairy
business if the Korean situation
should wOrsen and man-pOwer is
drawn from the farm to war indus
tries.
The introduction Of concentrated
milk in the Wilmington market
represents the big change that has
come in the dairy industry in re-
cent years. "It is impossible at
this time" he said, for anyone to
determine how milk concentrate
will be accepted by consumers. It
has great possibilities. AS an or
ganization, we cannot stand in the
way Of changes that may come to
the industry. ask that each pro-
ducer continues to produce the best
quality milk possible and watch
the concentrated milk deal"
A plan for dairy industry sup
port of surpluses instead of the
public treasury was advocated by
B. H. Welty, Waynesboro, Pa,
president of the Interstate Milk
Producers Cooperative.
This plan, known as the Brandt
plan. would be financed by the pro-
ducers themselves. They would as
sumo the marketing of any surplus
supplies and finance it from funds
that they would raise for that pur-
pose.
Mr.. Welty believes that there is
no better time than right now for
farmers to start financing any fu-
ture surplus problem that might
arise.
Inter-State's economist, DIR.
James E. Honan, told the delegates
that the proposed formula, as a ba-
sis for pricing milk in the Phila-
delphia area, would work out to the
advantage of both the producer and
the. consumer.
I'm my opinion" said DR.. HOnan,
ducers and consumers a yardstick
which comes nearer to providing a
fair cost of production basis on
which to base prices than our
present system.
In the past 20 years, farming
has become largely industralized.
Milk producers today are Influenced
more by Industrial price levels and
wage rates than ever before. Con-
sumerg will find that milk form
ula will price milk to them on the
same basis that they use to get
wage increases. 1t also will per-
NIT more flexible pricing that will
reflect falling as we'll as advancing
COSTS"
DR.. Honan listed five factors on
which the formula would be based
1. Prices that producers pay
for dairy feeds.
2. Prices received by farmers
for other than dairy pro-
ducts.
8. Prices paid midwest pro-
ducers.
4. The U. S. wholesale COM
modify index.
5. Pounds of milk sold to
consumers in the Phila-
delphia market.
He also stated that consumers
should understand the formula
better than the mumbo-iumbo Oi
milk price hearings.
Touching on the rearmament
program, the speaker declared thai
there should be no great increase
in prices Immediately. But, If this
country goes into an about war
milk supplies could decline, due tC
shortages in farm labor anC
equipment.
H. e. Jamison, secretary-treasur.
er Of Interstate. told the dele.
gates that their policy Of guaran.
teeing members a market for theil
milk had cost the association near.
~ $4,000 during the year ending
on August 81. Since the market
guarantee plan had been put II
effect "A years ago, the association
had paid out $153,0O0. Inter-Stat,
Is one Of the few coOperatives thai
guarantees its members agains
/, losses beyond their control.
HThe dairy industry" said Sec
retary JamisOn, 'is shifting to larg
er dairies. Our records show tina
while fewer farmers are producing
milk today than ten years ago. tn,
dairies are producing substantial,
larger amounts. This is due h
more cows on fewer farms and in
creased production per COW.
Interstate also reports tha