In Thess United States June Again Set fcr national Dairy Vesk in United States With production and distribution of milk at the highest levels fn history, "Dairy Month" is celebrating its tenth anniversary an-niversary through the month of June. Again the dairy industry in-dustry calls attention of the public to the vital part played by milk and dairy products in America. jlv ,-- : if ' .r r 1 -: 1 1 1 In the beginning, however, the' observance was neither a "month" nor was it June. In 1937 the dairy industry promoted a national milk week for November 14 to 20 in an effort to sell more milk and ice cream. Everyone was urged to purchase pur-chase an extra quart of milk on Friday Fri-day of that week. It was not until 1939 that dairymen, fountain operators opera-tors and others decided to promote dairy products one month of the year. June was selected because it is the time of year when milk production pro-duction is the greatest. Milk cows were first brought to America in 1611 for the Jamestown colony. In 1624 a few cows arrived for the Plymouth colony. The first regular shipment of milk by rail was inaugurated in 1841, from Orange county to New York City. Pasteur experiments were started In 1856, and since that time the dairy industry has made rapid progress. The milk bottle was not invented by Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher of Potsdam, Pots-dam, N. Y., until 1884. Fluid milk was not included in the army diet until 1933, but during World War II the use of milk and dairy products by the armed forces was a must. SKI BILLETS . . . White hickory, used for making Norwegian skiis, grows in Florida, the tropical playground state. J. S. Adkison of Ocala, Fla., is shown sizing up ski "billets" before shipping to Norwegian manufacturers.