Show Milk Industry Commended At the time the Lend Lease program wes was Inaugurated states Claude R Secretary of Agriculture Washington D CIt Cit C CIt It apPeared appeared unlikely that we w I would woi WOl Id be able to obtain the need needed needed needed ed amounts of dairy products with cut seriously curtailing the supplies supplies supplies lies available for domestic dom tic con- con However the response f producers and processors of milk to the Department Departments s a request for Increased production has been remarkable This response is i particularly gratifying since the th e Increased production of dairy d pro products products products ducts now makes It possible not only to maintain domestic dom tic consumption con consumption consumption of dairy products but to Continued on Page Four Commends Milk Industry Efforts Continued from page ones one Increase It The magnitude of the milk In- In Industry In Industry to s Is shown by the fact that production has increased from an average of ap- ap approximately approximately ap approximately proximately billion pounds of milk mUk each year during the years yeaTS 1935 39 to approximately bU bil billions lions estimated as the production for this year This extra 16 bil billion bUlion lion pounds of milk each year provides enough nough extra milk mUk every eer everyday everyday I I day to till fill to a train of tank cars having the capacity of pall ons each and seven and one half nOe 11 long states stated Milton MUton Hult Pr President of the National Dairy Council Connell Some Borne me Idea of ot the strain placed P r pen pon the dairy Industry will be realized when hen one thinks how I m ch work It would be to get e I this m mi ch milk mUk from the farm to I the milk plant or cooling station erv morning before breakfast That Is a very small part of the lob that Is Involved In growing the I I teed feed caring for tor the cows them and in caring for tor the milk rd processing sing It after It gets into in into Into I to the milk and I plants I This recognition of milk and its It products on the part of the Unit United United United ed States tates Government has bees 1 one of the mose mole Important t fa-t fa art rs N In bringing home to all Amer Ameri I ni I 5 s a R IH of the r rf f r f r silk I ni at d d Its It products to INt 1 r 1 tr it K I bO bodies s Fresh milk I Is bf being given to soldiers to rt rec Irula rl For the time t 1 I ice I II I I the re revolt war ToRr fresh frt milk milk I IU U Is a part of the Ac regular diet of our I I righting forms forces Milk MUk both d ourI IT irI I mra and bf between t meals meal 1 Is I I r- r rn r r-f n o f p I pf of f the 0 ir most Import I nt n factors In building t tend I I In end 1 up of production Uon lt lOUT I ur war p ant ants Busy hurried axe l are art coming to realize the I value of muk milk for steady nerves I I I Vice president nt Wallace has 1 I stated that a slogan for lor the post way war period should be a quart of I milk for everybody every day daj Through the leadership of health healt dayI I and nutrition milk is isI I gaining public acceptance as the number one protective food I |