Show THE TH E DAIRY INDUSTRY IN UTAH THIS THE DAIRY COW IS LIKE A FACTORY SUB SHE transforms RAW i INTO A concentrated PRODUCT POR FOR WHICH IS 18 A READY MARKET in a recent review of the dairy industry in utah the national copper bank and bankers trust company of or silt lake like city tn in their trade and finance letter have the following to say in regard to this industry endowed with natural conditions seldom equaled equated for dairying utah should with proper effort become the denmark of western america with intelligent and consistent development there is no valid reason why utah should not in a measure be as successful and in somo some ways more successful in dairying than tha y Z fatic tion of at america today not only aro natural natura I 1 conditions anu unu unusually suany favorable to dairying but the economic situation in utah do ina manag da tho advancement of industries whose whoso products aro are marketable at homo home or in highly concentrated form in the transition f from rom war to peace the fullest recognition of all econ economic amic conditions is of supreme importance each community ty and each region must consider carent carefully illy the fundamental soundness of its industries dus tries and stimulate the development of those of firm foundation pursuit of such a policy in the respective spec tive communities and regions must bring prosperity and automatically restore normal conditions throughout the country in the shortest time although any industry may display weakness at times there are few major industries taking the country as a whole that can be classed as unsound fundamentally fuda tuda mentally but this condition does not apply in the same degree in the case of ye regions gions G generally natural conditions distance f from row market and available transportation will indicate the possibilities for development velo ament of industries of stable cha character readjustment operations also have been highly effective in pointing out the unsoundness of industries dus tries which formerly were considered stable and prosperous agriculture as a w whole hole is the backbone of at our national existence but it does not follow that agriculture is fundamentally sound in every e 1 community and region in some adv adverse erse natural conditions make agriculture ri an impossibility in others othera market conditions transportation facilities and costs and land values make certain branches of agriculture ri unprofitable and therefore fundamentally unsound taking into co all elements dairying has demonstrated its fundamental stability and merit to further development in utah the dairying communities are in the best beat financial condition of any communities aties in the state today because of the steady income and the fact that dairy foods are among the few products of the farm that havo have not receded to prewar pre war price As further encouragement to develop 1 ment we have the advantage of unexcelled natural conditions favorable to dairying in our mountain valley we have local markets far in excess of our production and the country as a whole Is an importer of dairy products through feeding dairying permits the marketing of at many of our principal farm products in highly concentrated form and last but not least it provides work and a pay day for every day of the year prior to about fifteen years ago the united states was an exporter of dairy products but the tide has turned 1 and no now we are heavy importers oe of butter and cheese millions of at pounds of at which are received annually rom canada denmark argentine new zealand and australia despite this situation dairying has not decreased in the ilia country as a whole but statistics indicate that not only is the production failing to keep pace with the growth in population but that the consumption of dairy foods per cip ita Is steadily advancing under conditions existing today it Is estimated that utah consul consumes nes an dually about pounds of butter and pounds cheese besides large quantities of cream and whole milk fee ice cream and condensed milk for the most part utah dairymen are supplying milk and cream for dom domestic estle use ice cream and condensed milk manufacture but they are furnishing only about 70 per cent of at the butter and 50 per ceat ce nt of the cheese consumed locally unlike the market for most otherl other farm products the market for milk and cream Is constant instead ol 01 seasonal and the demand always in excess of 0 the supply it is interest ing to observe also that under present strained conditions the market price of milk and cream is relatively 30 to 40 per cent higher than the market prices of other farm products in fact they are about the only products of the barnt which have not declined to prewar pre war bricq figures I 1 milk and cream are in firm demand in practically every city and town in the state throughout the year and the 40 plants for the manufacture of butter cheese and arid condensed milk are constantly in search of new sources ot of supply their market is not alono alone local although the output of the butter and cheese plants does not approach the consumption in the state the con den in utah supply a large proportion of the condensed milk used locally but because of at the heavy importations from other states they are compelled to seek and do so successfully outside markets for a considerable portion of their production but should the time arrive when production of dairy dalry products exceed the local demand there are constantly growing outside markets in the vest eat in which utah manufacturers can readily compete utah especially salt lake city Is the distributing center for the whole intermountain country which Is growing steadily in population it also Is iq accessible to pacific coast cities aich which are growing even more rapidly than those of tho the intermountain region and rind which now aie are in many instances depending upon exported butter and cheese to meet the local demand it has been estimated that the use of the total production of milk in the country as lis a whole Is divided as follows 44 vt per cent is consumed milk 36 per cent is manu ed into butler butter 4 ah per cent ant into choose 4 per cent into condensed milk 4 per cent into ic ice cream 4 per cent is used tor for feeding purposes and 2 per cent is wasted f to be continued next week |