APPENDIX 22
Letter to James Gray MP from Mr P A Smith
I enclose a letter sent to me by my Shay supplier
[not printed]. I do not think we can stand anymore cash rises.
While I have this chance to write to you, I would
like to say that on this dairy farm our turnover on milk has fallen
by £18,000 during the last two years. I think the outlook
is bleak.
In my 50 years of farming it is my opinion that a
healthy monthly milk cheque is the basis for a contented industry.
It was the EU who smashed the Milk Marketing Board and that bird
will come home to roost before long.
7 June 1999
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