Iron County Record | 1954-06-03 | Page 5 | Dairymen Observe Diry Month with Health Emphasis

Dairymen Observe Dairy Month With Health Emphasis Sound nutrition leads the way ! to better health. j That's the advice from dairy- j men in the Cedar City area, who ! will Join Other dairymen of the, state in commemorating June' Dairy Month. The human manufacturing ' plant, this body of ours, needs the fuel of good, milk and other dairy foods every day. Physicians, Physi-cians, nutritionists ' and scientists scien-tists tell us that milk, which is nature's most nearly perfect food,-does food,-does more for us, and does lt more cheaply, than any other food known to man. "Think of It milk in Utah costs anproximately a dime a pound," says Wallace Parrish, June Dairy Month chairman. "And think of this milk contains con-tains 66 known nutrients, far more than most foods, and Is one of natu.c's best storehouses for calcium. Youngsters need calcium cal-cium for growing bones; grownups grown-ups need calcium to prevent brittle brit-tle bones and bent backs. "Not only that, but the nutrients nu-trients in milk and dairy products pro-ducts cheese, butter, ice cream and evaporated milk, to name some are the ones that every human being needs, young or old, if he wants to stay healthy." June Dairy Month is observed each year in behalf of 10 million mil-lion Americans who are dependent depend-ent upon the dairy industry, directly di-rectly and indirectly, for their livelihood, and is directed toward the improvement of public health. Jine is the time when cow's milk is richest and most abundant. "Sound nutrition," said Mr. Pnrrkh, "u hard to accomplish these days when most food prices are still a drain on the pocket-book." pocket-book." That's why the message of milk and dairy products Is so important.