FRESH MILK PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 11

FRESH MILK PRICES

'Writing to "The Post," under date of 2h& April, Mr. E. Beavis, chairman of the Wellington Suburbs Farmers' Association, maintains that the farmer who is selling the product1 of his own farm has no justification fpr raising the "price of his product. Such excuses as: "If the public are fools enough "to pay, let them," "If the milk goes up to a shilling Im after it," and "If the council milk is worth S-£d ours is worth more," are, he maintains, no reasons at all. He states that he' has little sympathy for the man who has bungled things and has bought land at fictitious prices or who overdoes th& carrying capacity of his land, but refers to the fanner who handles his land sensibly. Winter cows are cheaper this year than for years past and though hay, chaff, and linseed are somewhat dearer, they are not rjaed to a very great extent by local fanners, while practically all other material has fallen considerably in cost. Does the fact, that the council is still on the wrong side of the ledger, ho asks, justify any farmer raising.his price, when he bears no share ol the councils liability ? ;w ™nch; sion. Mr. Beavis maintains that the price should be fair and reasonable and such as will create a demand, and that farmers, should satisfy that demand by supplying \ a uniform quality a good and wlioscaome article.