asked the Minister for Agriculture the approximate price per gallon which farmers will get for milk of three per cent. butter fat test supplied to creameries, and the additional price for each point one per cent. butter fat.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Milk Supplied to Creameries.
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It is a matter for the proprietors of each creamery to determine for themselves the price they can pay for milk from month to month having regard to the creamery's general economic circumstances, the various uses to which its milk supply is put, including butter-making, cream, liquid milk trade, chocolate crumb, etc., and the returns from other trading activities. It is not possible, therefore, to furnish the information requested.