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END OF CHEAP PRODUCTS The problem ojf warfoods production so broken into its parts is fairly simple Take butter WliaV steps are necessary to assure a supply large enougii for our own and allied needs needsThe The answer is A steady market and a fair price Even at the high prices paid by the con ¬ sumer for milk and butter the cost of production has so risen within recent years that some rated highly profitable have gone to the dairymans scrap heap become tinned beef in other words Only the bettermanaged herds are paying it profit on the investment in the business Thousands of dairy farms and hundreds of thousands of dairy cows are paying no profit ut all The end of that road is bankruptcy The sole solution for the individual dairyman is to scrap his smallcapacity milkmak ¬ ing machinery But every cow turned over to the butcher cuts the total dairy output and right now the demand is for more milk and butter rather than less lessThe The problem is one for the consumer as well as the producer If the consumer wants milk cheese and butter in his daily ration he must be willing to pay the present high cost of manufacture and must continue to do so until the dairyproducts fac ¬ tory of the nation can reequip itself with more efficient cowsi Telling tlie milkman to leave half the usual amount is no solution That is the sure road to u dairyproducts famine Tlie lull solution of the milk cheese and butter problem is one that will take years to work out With the passing of our cheap lands and labor we have bade goodby to cheap dairy products just us we have left proba ¬ bly for ail time the era of cheap beef and bread Review of Reviews
