| Show The Dairy Cow Salvation of Cache Valley J The cow sometimes lowly but butmore butmore butmore more frequently of high degree in Cache Talley valley Is demonstrating conclusively conclusively conclusively con con- her rating as an e economic asset to the community In wartime war wartime wartime time even though dairy products brought good prices the aggregate receipts were so small compared with those from other sources requiring less work that many of the farmers disposed of the bulk of ot their dairy herds But now the cow has has been been revenged or vindicated whichever is preferred When hard hardtimes hardtimes hardtimes times came it was true that prices Jt if f dairy products were reduced considerably considerably considerably con con- but there always was market and a cash market at that Now the farmers are replenishing their heir dairy herds To appreciate to some extent the part the dairy cow plays In the economic economic economic eco eco- life of Cache it t Is well to know that of ot the ramifies residIng residing residing ing in the valley about 2000 of them themon on In n the average receive n a cream or milk check regularly an and l during luring tIle the past year rear or longer these cream checks have represented a very large proportion of the ready cash circulated ed in hi tho nt about out nine I months out of the twelve By far tar the greater greate part of ot the milk runk produced In Cache valley finds a i 1 market at the TakIng Taking Taking Tak Tak- ing the United States as a whole It ItIs ItIs itis Is estimated that about a per cent of at the tho supply is converted Into condensed condensed condensed con con- milk In Cache valley It Is estimated that from 85 to o 95 p per r cent of the tho milk produced finds its way to the The milk so marketed marketed marketed mar mar- represents a monthly income to the farmers of the tho region regon of ot 60 pOO to a month the fluctuation fluctuation tion being governed largely by variation varIation variation vari varI- in production The Tho cond had their troubles as well as the farmers during during during dur dur- ing the TH nast t period but they now are getting gelting into pretty good shape and operating as nearly to capacity as the milk will permit Two years ago there were tour four condense condense- o n the th v with n a dolly yap u Ity I- I ty of about pounds of milk and all II were operating Today there are arc but two In operation but they have havea a a combined capacity of pounds of milk daily dally and largely Jar because of the inadequate milk sun- sun ply they are aro operating at about two- two I thirds capacity a 0 |
