Show Dan Far Farming g Picture r Change Ch fl US Dairy farming fanning which is re the nations nation's salutes during June Dairy Month Is not the same business it was when father was a boy One primary change is the growing popularity ot skim milk and loW fat at milk In 1951 low fat mills milk was In in- in int t t to the e first in some M Western Mid markets Now it is a popular food item ikin In newly nearly every go- go cery store in the country LOW FAT p milk lk ordinarily contains abo about t 2 butterfat I Skim milk pt course is still lower in butterfat content Minimum butterfat for whole milk runs from 3 to 38 by state state regulations Another change in dairying is the feeding of 01 less milk to farm animals Back In 1940 almost 19 million tons of milk and milk products were fed to animals OIl on the fArm where tile milk w was s produced This quantity had dropped to 7 million tons in 1961 Com mercial calf feeds and milk r lacers have become more and more popular for animal feeding A NOSTALGIC change is the gradual disappearance Of the milk separator on the farm Back in the about 35 billion pounds of milk were separated each I year on the farm The cream was sold lold and most of the skim p milk lk was fed to live live- livestock livestock stock In 1961 only about 7 billion pounds of milk was used in this way Farm Fann churning Is also dis- dis disappearing disappearing appearing About 1 10 billion pounds of butter churn churn- churned W were re ed on the farm fann each year in inthe inthe 1 the This has fallen to about 1 billion pounds a 1 year now |