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Show June THE CITIZEN 10, 1971 United States 16th In Milk Consumption Former Preston Man Featured By Writer By Cathy Towcll i lie teaches biology, coaches a rodeo team and drives an Edsei. lie is Melvin D. professor at Ricks College. to Prof. Griffeth chose teach biology because, as he put it, It is the study of life and I enjoy life. Among the activities he enjoys are teaching, big game hunting and raising horses. I don't like fishing; its too slow. I like things that move. I like excitement, he explained. He seems to have found plenty of excitement since coming to Ricks OoHege seven yeans ago. During that time, he has coached the Ricks College Rodeo Team. his boys team placIn 1968-6ed first in the region. Also thait year and the year before, he served as regional faculty rodeo director. lie served as National rodeo president last Grif-fet-h, car has been driven 200,000 miles. Griffcth was born in 1936, in Fa&rview, Idaho, and was reared in Preston. He went to Utah State University, University of Minnesota arid UniHe versity of Washington. has a bachelor of science in biological science and a masters degree in education. He was married in 1957. He and his wife have four daughters. In 1368-6he served as Ricks faculof the president MELVIN GRIFFETH ty association. I have no pet peeves. I In summing up Professor .think Ricks is a great school Melvin Griffeth, one of his the best in the nation, own statements is best, Im not a negative person. said Griffeth. 9 9, 3 Although the average American housewife consumes about 210 quarts of milk a year and 12 pounds of cheese, U.S. per capita consumption of milk and dairy products ranks only 16th compared to 17 other nations in a 1969 survey. Per capita consumption of dairy products in the U. S., which has a population of 2C3,184,772, was 568 pouds. Finland, with a population of 4,700,000, ranked first with consumption of 1,353 pounds of milk equivalent per person. Finlands per capita 'consumption of fresh fluid milk is and cream 574 pounds greater than the U.S. total for all dairy products. Finland is followed by Ireland and New Zealand. ' .Rounding out the top ten nations are France, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Australia, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Milk consumption is tops in New. Zealand where they produced 5,085 pounds of milk per person in 1969. Ireland ranks second followed by Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Australia, France, Switzerland, Norway and Austria. U. S. ranks 15, producing 572 pounds of milk per person, followed by the United Kingdom and Italy. second-- ranking g third-rankin- milk-drinkin- g How You Can Buy The New MF36 SELF PROPELLED For SWATHER year. This years team is leading the region in both boys and LESS THAN girls divisions. They hold the lead over a four-yeschool, Utah State University. Our strongest events are timed events, he said. These are calf roping, ribbon tying and buM dogging. Probably the most dangerous event is bull riding. We have one of the top bul riders in the Ration," he said. He also said Ricks bias some of the best saddle broirc and bareback riders in the nation. As things stand now, we have a good chance of taking regional, he added. Also concerning the rodeo team, he pointed out that, in order to make the team, students must maintain a 2.0 the highest requirGP.A. ed for athletics anywhere in the nation. He said he also Stresses standards. In addition to his other activities, Griffeth raises horses. He presently has four two registered palhorses omino quarter horses and two jockey club registered thoroughbreds. He does not enter his horses in races or horse shows, but uses them on the rodeo. built his own rodeo arena, complete with spotlights where the rodeo team can work out, even at night. He also designed and helped build his home west of ar Includes Pick-U- p $5,000 Reel and Hay Conditioner e Rex-bun- ONE HAND STEERING CONTROL . . . g. 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