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Show Dairying Proves Unique Vocation There are over 300 kinds of food competing for a place in the diet of .iian, says A. J. Morris. According to nutrition experts, one-fifth of food expenditures should be for milk and iairy products to give the most economical eco-nomical yet balanced nutritive requirements. re-quirements. For over 6000 years milk and dairy products have played an important role in the diet of man, with each generation showing an increase in-crease in per capita consumption. In ;heir book, "Milk and Milk Products,". Eckles, Combs and Macey, emphasiz-' ing their faith in the permancy of the dairy industry, state, "without inilk the human diet would be so lacking in certain essential factors, particularly vitamins, calcium and uroteins of the necessary quality,! :hat civilization as now developed j could not exist." For a dairyman lo j realize that he is playing such an , important part in the service of hi, fcllowmen makes the above statement state-ment very stimulating. The solidity of dairying is again shown in its key position in agricul-'ure. agricul-'ure. The cow, besides being the most efficient animal producers of human j food, gives to farming diversification ! and a system of utilization of forage I and coarse feeds available as byproducts by-products or crops from essential crop rotation. Dairying, also, maintains the soil fertility and gives steady employment employ-ment and income throughout the year. Dairying is a home builder, a nation na-tion builder. From the dairyman producing the rich milk of high quality to the manufacturer man-ufacturer of finished wholesome dairy products we have numerous vocation-1 al avenues open for travel by the student stu-dent choosing dairying as a life's vocation vo-cation or service to humanity. To produce pro-duce the many wholesome, tasty dairy products so unique in nutrition, the dairy industry has besides the farmer, the herdsman, and the expert manufacturers manu-facturers in the commercial field, the dairy engineers, chemists, bacteriologists, bacteriolo-gists, inspectors, bookkeepers, ac-i countants, teachers, and government experts, in research, administration, and extension fields all joining hands in the industry of dairying to service and protect modern civilization. |