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Discussion

Milk Marketing Orders Division, ASCS, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

ABSTRACT

I certainly agree with Dr. Nourse that it is difficult to prophesy accurately what lies ahead for Federal milk orders. However, as he says, we should be able to make a few useful generalizations on what has already taken place and what is likely to take place.

It appears to me that future trends in Federal milk orders will be and should be determined by industry trends. We have always considered it more desirable for Federal milk orders to reflect and accommodate the dynamic, evolving character of the dairy industry rather than to serve as an arbitrary determinant of industry changes. A good case in point is the farm tank and the role milk orders played—or rather did not play—in its development. Some years ago when the large-scale shift from can to farm tanks had barely begun, proposals were made to incorporate farm tank premiums into the orders under the theory that the new assembly method presented progress and the inclusion of farm tank premiums in orders would serve to hasten the pace of progress.