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Show """ ' ' '" ,..... Ml . !! I By the Governor of the State of Utah A PROCLAMATION A situation which vitally nRecls the economic and health Interests nnd progress ot tne people ui Utah lias boon called to the intention or tho kxucutivo in u report iroai the Commissioner or Agriculture. Summarized tno following tacts aro cited: Tiio por capita consumption of milk, butter, cheese, and other dairy products In Utun is approximately only seventy per cent ot tne por capita consumption In tno nation, including tne southern sta'tos, where tho usu ot these- products Is very limited. Of tho relatively small amount wo do consume in Utah we Import from other stutes about Blxteou percent. In viow ot tho tavorabio natural conditions tor tho production ot dairy products in this stato wo should bo largo exporters instead ot Importers or dairy products. Considered from a physiological standpoint, tho fostering of greater production of dairy products is oven moro Important to tho public weal. Surgeon General Hugh 8. d'tnmings, Chiot of tho U. S, I'tiullc llcultn bcrvico, is creaittU with tho statement that every growing cnild should consumo a (mart ot milk n day. Statistics lndi cato that Utuli is one ot tho four or thu 4b states reporting not moro than 60 per cent or tho ucuoul chlluren us regular consumers of milk. A survey or school children or ono of the largest clues ot tho country discloses tho tact that thoso who drink milk liberally complete the eight grudos or school two years younger than thooo who do not drink milk. . Dr. T. U. Uoatty, Secretary of tho Sinto Uonrd of Health and Vital Statistics, declares that ".Milk Is tho most valuable of foods, containing contain-ing all ot the essuntlul to normal growth and health, and there Is no substitute." Predicated upon tho foregoing facts.. '- THBIllSFORK, It Is respectfully recommended that nil parents nnd thoso responsible for reeding growing children, provide and en- , courago them to drink a liberal amount or milk, and that Surgoon Qenoral Cummlug'a suggestion of a quart a 'day bu considered standard. 'It is further recommonded that all schools of tho stato, from tho grado schools to tho Agricultural Collogo and University of Utah, unite in u thorough and continued effort to teach tho necessity nnd oncourago tho use ot dairy products and to assist In vitalizing this industry throughout tho state. Many of tho societies and clubs whoso objocts aro civic progross havo mudo splendid efforts to lncroaso tho uso ot milk, particularly among tho poor. Grateful for those endeavors toward more Intelligent mothods, It Is my dcslra to sea a conlinunnco of such undertakings. Much good can also bo done by tho Churches. With their cooper-atlon cooper-atlon in tnls causo our future citizens can bo mado sounder men nnd womon and better equipped for the battles ot llfo. Everything posslblo should bo dono to Bustaln tho dairy Industry nnd oncourago tho farniors to socura dairy cows and learn how to utilize thoni. That bank deposits aro materially largor In dairy sections sec-tions is indlcatlvo or tho prosperity tho state might enjoy if tills In dustry maintained tho high placo It dosorves. Moro than any other, it is truly a homo industry. It will bo soon from tho foregoing that tho problem Is physiological physio-logical and economic. Tho solution of it lies In a concortod effort to increase tho production ot dairy products through a groator consumption con-sumption of thorn. Incidentally, such a return to a slmplor dlot will result in bettor economic conditions and Improve tho public health. I JlttltUllY UKQUEST tho Commissioner of Agriculture to call togothor a committee ot forward looking citizens who will work patriotically nnd earnestly to bring tho por capita consumption of milk and its products up to at least tho normal amount consumed In tho northern states and to stimulate tho dairy Industry to tho point that, Instead of Importing, wo send out to othor states a generous amount of this most valuable good food. IN TESTIMONY WIliSKKUF, I havo horounto sot my hand, nnd ' caused to bo nllUod thu Oroat Soal ot tho Stato ot Utah. Done at Salt Lako City, tho Capitol, this twenty-seventh day of January A. D 1922. Ily tho Oovornor CHAS. II. MAUEY. Attost II. E. CHOCKEOT, (STATE SEAL) Secretary of Stato. t |