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Show -- 0-1. 2D " - DESERET NEWS AND TELEGRAM, Wedniidgy, June S, 1964 Honor Roll Rating , Dairies JBring Fame To Utah Industry Utah Herd "Sprang From Best Every, textbook In Utah 'Ws-- toiy records the fact that 113 Mormon pioneers were the first permanent settlers to enter Salt Lake Valley, In Julyof 1847. But often neglected In the historic annals of the state Is an other group of pioneers that the valley at the sametime and flayed a vital role In the y . settlement of Utah. This was the herd of dairy cattle that supplied the first Utahns with milk. Records show that Brigham 4 f. .Youngs pioneer company - :5 brought 90 oxen, 41 cows, three bulls and seven calves the beginning of a dairy industry ,4: that now numbers 90,000 milk alone, Second Group Arrives On Sept 19, 1847, a second Regroup of emigrants arrived In "l Salt Lakevalley bringing with them 2,2-- 3 oxen and 887 cows. These cattle together with those ' of the first company, represented of the.best Shorthorns Z veloped In Illinois and other middle west states. fr 1854During the years of 1849 and the gold seekers going to California traded their good but d cattle to the Utah settlers for mules and Indian that they could better t! PPnesto continue their journey to t.use California. This left sevi - thousands more:cattle Estate. Herd Discard r-There was one large drove of f.4 cattle brought from California to Utah, hut they proved to be y of Mexican blood and very tferior to the eastern cattle that 1 jL came to Utah, so they were dis- - Vernon L. Bingham, June Dairy Month chairman, and Lavainel Mr. Bingham points out the Beehive JState now has 90,000 earded asy rapidly aspossible. Johnson, attendant ioDaiiy Princess, toast dairy IndustryTT dairy cows and some of the most modern dairy farms in U.S. j 1 Because of the good cattle that 'had '. s been bred in Illinois and J Missouri, Utah had a better repu tation for good cattle than many ',t4) of the western states where 'j , there was a dominance of so- -, r Missouri, Utah had a better repu--; In Italy they call it Ricotta; inHollande, and in Scotland folks cottage cheese, and Utahns last ure to its higher quality and t I? called - Mexican blood in most e Switzerland! its ;habziger;eaf'Bonny.Oabber. record ln improved flavor, Mr." Fillmore year set an of them. Statistics compiled by Frenchmen enjoy Fromage det-Her- e in Utah we just call it the consumption of the nutritious said. Improvement in processCT16 territorial assembly showed ' I-- G that there. were white dairy food. ing equipment and methods soma 170,000 In 1963, Utah cottage cheese makes todays -- cottage cheese cattle in the territory in MTS. manufacturers produced a rec- as texIt is definitely stated that perfect in flavor-an- d ord 7.5 million pounds of cottage flie eastern cattle that came rep-the as could Grandma ture best cheese according to figures reresented the Shorthorn, Devon, Nine leased by the United States De- produce on the farm. and breeds. Hereford ; v jersey, Utah-plan- ts This of partment cottage processed Agriculture. Many of these cattle were what is more than during any other cheese in 1963, including plants we now call The in the states history.' year in Smithfield and at Utah State of pioneers realized the value Reports on Output butter an4 cheese' Joriood,. so University. Utah's cottage cheese busivery early projects were started Cottage cheese is made in ness now amounts to over 32.7 to make these products. Butter million a year in retail sales, large stainless steel vats, apwas made in small chums on the farms and there were cheese reports Winston J. Fillmore, proximately five feet wide and Ogden, chairman of the Ameri- 20 feet long. These are filled factories started in various parts can Dairy Association of Utahs with 1,200 gallons of fresh Grade of Utah during the first few cheese committee. Ap- A skim milk. Controlled cottage settlementyears after ampunts 75 per cent of proximately Cattle Best Brought cheese is sold in of lactic acid and rennet, a thickUtahs cottage d Cache-- , Valley, where serve as a starter, and d containers, although ener, the milk is heated to a temperIs locate, was known by ature the first trappers as Grass Val-Je- y creasing in popularity, he said. for fiveof85"degreesTahrenheit or six hours to coaguor Willow Valley where they 1963 cotUtahs production of late the protein into a soft curd. all said there was abundant feed tage cheese was more than douProcess Explained for livestock. .This valley was ble the 1950 total, seven times settled by the Mormon people in the production in 1940, and 22 When the mixture reaches just the spring of 1859. The settlers times greater than 1930s, he the right acidity, large mechanisaid. cal kmves cut the curd into small brought with them some of the -- Cottagecheesels a relative squares.The knives are set close best cattle they were breeding at that time. newcomer to the commercial together to make small curd, daftyseene, Mr. Fillmore noted cheese, and are separated slight!; In 1883 John T. Caine, Jr., This is partly because for many ly for large curd cheese.- brought to Logan a. highly bred Small curd cottage cheese years the making of tender, Jersey bull to mate on some flavored cottage cheese has, always been the most pnpu-la- r grade cows hehad,Inl885he was an art which could not be style with homemakers, shipped the first purebred - dairy cattle we have any record duplicated in mass production. Mr. Fillmore said. Today It The rapid rise in cottage accounts for approximately 85 of coming to the vatiey.iThis Perfect for any meaLThis Utah cottage cheese salad la cheeses popularity in the past per cent of all the cottage cheese consisted of a pure shipment bred bull and heifer from G. G. displayed by Margaret Winn, Utahs 1564 Dairy Princess. 20 years is due in great meas produced in Utah. Richardson of Davenport, low. From this meager beginning many good bulls were sold from tohis herd into many lections of tiie county that helped increase the production of big red cows, popular at that time. N en-ter- , sore-foote- Lets Just Call It Cottage Cheese w all-tim- dual-purpos- e. - rich-mon- one-poun- deli-cate- ly - 966,-00- -- - wagSare lii ice-mi- lk -- - -- at DAIRY Guernsey Breeder Wins Honor Placate Award M-M-MIG- GOOD MILK fewho was ion PETERBOROUGH,-N.Atherton W. Hobler, widely male at the National Guernsey Show In 1957, 1958, and 1959. She known Guernsey breeder from five was named Princeton, New Jersey, was pre- - times by the Guernsey cattle sented the American Guernsey dub and rlasstfled excellent CattieQub -- award of honor Iseven times. plaque during the clubs annual Last year at the National meeting luncheon in New York .Guernsey Show, MrrHobler won cow 1st place in the City recently. TASTY cow class, LOW-FA- T, Mr Hobler, prominent In the class, and dam the class is a of lime long produce advertising world, breeder of registered Guern-sey-s dairy herd class. GOLDEN at his farm, Woodacres. MrrHobler was, chairman of the planning committee of this just outside of Princeton. CREST Among the many . Guernseys years Guernsey annual -- meet-in he owns Is Senecaslde Meryl, gr H. grand-champ- on cows graze on Utah dairy farms, producing more than 750 million pounds of milk annuaHy.Through ' Utah dairymen, the verage Utah dairy cow produced 8,370 pounds of milk last year nearly double what bossy produced more than t 40 years ago, and u "1,300 pounds of milk more than jx. she produced In 1955. too. Cash receipts from all her ble, ft can be safely said that By Vernon L. Bingham General tfoalrman, Utahs 1964 milk and cream marketed last Utahns are among the leaders June Dairy Month Committee year was 329,834,000. This com- in the nation in the amount of -, , each Utahs growing dairy industry pares with a total of 321,717,000 dairy foods consumed Utahns should year per capita. 1950. in milk Fluid plantsin be big consumers of daily foods. , this. month takesthe center of fire stage of the states changing the state have some 1,650 em- There are jjo finer dairy products economic drama. This is June ployes, with ah annual payroll in the land than in Utah. of 'approximately 37.000.000. Dairy Month. Theobservance actually began Cheese Output Up last . week with Cache countys But fluid milk f? only part of studded Dairy the Utah annual star dairy story. Utahs cotDays, featuring Dairy Princess tage cheese output last year contests a parade, dairy ban- reached a record of 7,471,000 spectaculars and pounds. This compares with quets, 0 Other evepts. Throughout the 1940 in and 3,563,000 pounds state during June there will be pounds in 1950. " with other Another record .was more of the same peached features added, including the an- last year in the output of frozen in dairy , products, including ice nual Dairy, Night at Salt Lake. City on Saturday, cream, Ice milk and sherbet. The combined output, of these June 13th. products in Utah last year was Cows Set Record 6,497,000 gallons. This compares with a total of 1,496,000 gallons There is much for i3480?00, galJons ln "wm- and sherbet, there is deshaps deserving the greatest sa- toe growing frozen-stic- k lute is Utahs cow herself. She is serts whlch are , products of now producing more and better Utahs dairy industry. These milk than-an-y other tmein the noveWeslncluding chocolate history of the state. Last year, coated ice cream bars on sticks, for example, the average dairy popsicles, and frozen fruit juices cow hi Utah produced a record on sticks, now have a dollar vol8,37Q pounds of milk. This com- ume each year approaching pares with an average per Utah 32,000,000. cow of 4,870 pounds ln 1925 and Utah is a big cheese proces-fso- r 6,550 poundsJn 1950. too. Last year the states out- Utahs co w population now put of Swiss cheese reached numbers - approximately- - 90,000. 4.796.000 pounds The states But even more important, cheddarcheese output reached Utah's cow is producing better 5,546,00u pounds, milk, thanks to good care and -More Butter, Too methods by Utahs (modern Butter has been making a dairymen. For more than a decade now, ail Utah Grade A milk comeback in the Beehive State, supplied the Salt Lake City, and last years output amounted Ogderi,Pro voandLogahmar-ket- s to 7,362,000 pounds has received honor roll rat- For more than half a century, Utah has been aiiig processor ings in jhe biennial tests conducted for the United States of evaporated milk. Last year Public Health Service. A score the states output of this versaof 90 or better is required to tile daily food was 38,921,000 dry milk proachieve honor roll status, with pounds. Non-fcessed Utah in last on year reached tests the in purify. emphasis 10.919.000 pounds. Ahead Out Utah, White" there are no knowncom-parativ- e Utah ranks far above the nafigures that are relia tional average in the use of electrically refrigerated milk storAnd Meat Too age tanks on farms. These tanks cool the milk immediately after la addition to providing milk PRODUCTS: it comes from the cow pre- on a most reliable schedule, the serving more of milks nch, Utah dairy cow also supplies and protecting meat She is probably toe great-e- st natural flavor soil --conservationist in toe milks purity too. Well over 99 too. Not only does she world, Grade of cent states the par A dairy farms are now equipped fertilize the fields in which she with these tanks. This compares grazes, but she reaes for the with the national average of ap- main part upon grasses and roughage which save the soil proximately 60 per cent .The Utah cow hi of growing and which man himself cannot economic importance to the state convert into food, Make Safeway Headquarters For AII Your Dairy CREAMY RICH Needs ;v. COTTAGE CHEESE ' A 4 Cache heads V Jt There are approximately 0 dairy cows in Utah. Cache County has file largest number of dairy cows, followed by Utah, Box Eldar, Weber, Salt Lake and Duchesne counties, in that erder. 90,-fl0- B BUTTERMILK, CREAM, BUTTER BUTTER EM UP -- if |