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Show GOOD DAIRY FARMING WILL CONTINUE PROFITABLE The market for dairy products has been growing in' two dimensions. The rise In per capita consumption has been fully as Important as the Increased In-creased number of consumers. At present, there are approximately 15 per cent more consumers than on January 1, 1920. Iu the towns and cities, an increased about 27 per cent has occured. Each consumer is using in various forms of dairy products the equivalent cf about 706 pounds in 1920. The growth in per capita consumption of various dairy products Is illustrated on one cf the accompanying charts. This growth In per capita consumption con-sumption is the product of industrial prosperity, which has given wage carr.ers greater purchasing power (ban ever before, enabling the-in to lift their standards cf living. It i? nlso due? to the spread of dietary education and knowledge of the newer discoveries as to the peculiar food value of dairy products, and to prohibition-, which lias boosted the consumption of milk drinks and Ice cream, we Mould like you to note back in the above paragraph that standard of living is associated with consumption of dairy product?, and alto that where the people have dietary die-tary educations dairy products are consumed in increased amounts. With consumption growing as a result of population, publicity, prosperity pros-perity and prohibition, and with tariffs preventing, any large volume of Imports, a decided Increase in production pro-duction has been called for. Fortunately, Fortun-ately, this growth In production has largely been provided for in the last twenty years by increased yield per cow. In the-last twenty years the dairy cow population in the United States has increased but little, but the dairy cow production has increased to supply sup-ply the Increased consumption de-mauds. de-mauds. (On Last Page.), r- t (From Page One.) COUNTY AGENT'S DEPT. In the feed situation can be found another safety factor which has protected pro-tected profits in dairying. The par-Hal par-Hal passing jof the horse from thj farm and city as a consequence of coming of mechanical power kicked a hole in the market for feed grains and hay. This has kept their prhes on a rather low basis, arid given da men a wide margin over The rosl f This matter can be put the other way around. Since dairymen pra-duce pra-duce most of the feeds given to ihedr herds, the opportunity to market in the form of milk and buitcrfut an increasing share of the crops formerly former-ly used by their work stock or s-old for use by city horses has ten'-iei to sustain the profit on their total farm operations. The conditions wMch prevent sxu:h extremely speedy gains in dairy production pro-duction as may occur in some ether! lines of agriculture will continue to operate In the future Just as In the past. The growth of population in urban centers also will continue. Per capita consumption of dairy prc-y prc-y ducts probably has not reached maximum, max-imum, although the further Increases may not occur as rapidly as those in the last decade. Feed cost3 probably will continue relatively "low. In short, dairy production and consump tion are likely to remain In such a relation to each other that prices will remain profitable to those who have reasonably good cows. While periods pe-riods of temporary excess in the supply sup-ply of dairy products may occur fflom time to lime, they will be relatively rel-atively mild and short-lived. The farmer who has a liking for cows and who trteg to Improve his herd, his methods of feeding anid the qnality of his prtoduct. can rest assured as-sured that dairying will continue profitable for him. o . |