THE PRICE OF MILK.
WHO IS REAI'IX'G THE BENEFIT? , Dairy Farmer " writes: —".The farmer is credited with raising the price of 'milk to the consumer, whereas tho milkmen in'the' city escape all condemnation. As a result of the phenomenally dry season , the dairy fanners decided to raise the. price of milk'one penny per gallon', when immediately tlie city milk-: men. retailed it to the consumer at-'an increased rate of one poimy per quart, thereby reaping threepence .per gallon extra; as against tho farmer's penny/ Why this should be I am at a loss to understand, equally; so-.lvliy the real suffcrorj the- fanner, should again 'be made tho scapegoat for all manner of middlemen; :wlio, aro not losers in any way by this drought-stricken • areas- upon which'the farmer depends for his very .existence. ; It's going to be a still harder year for tlio farmer, and retailers, who shoulder '.none'of'tho burdens,'should disgorge all but. reasonable profits:"
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 2
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154THE PRICE OF MILK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 2
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