A third factor affecting the price of milk was the difficulty which had been experienced in obtaining fodder for cows. This has resolved into a grave problem although little known, he said. Since the hostilities the problem had become almost a critical one he said. Straw at times has been unobtainable.
He went on to express surprise that the price of milk should remain at its present level despite all the handicaps mentioned.
Asked to explain the increase in
official explained that stocks were the price of rice, another. Council plentiful, but the price had reached rock-bottom and was bound to have a reaction. The flour situation, he said, was better with flour selling at $15 per bag of 49 pounds, factory price, with dealers charging a little more per bag.
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