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Show THAT INFANT, LOS ANGELES With more than 1,00 0,000 population popu-lation and others arriving daily, thu great problem of feeding this arm of men, women and children Is a matter that is receiving the closest study of the railroads. During the year 1924 the city of Los Angeles consumed 33.370,752 pounds of butter of the staggering valus of approximately $13,348,300. For the same period a total of 47,-541.000 47,-541.000 gallons of milk were re. quired to supply the local demand, and added to these enormous figures were 1,5 00,000 cases of eggs, 30 dozen doz-en to the case, or 45,000,000 dozen. At prevailing prices this would represent rep-resent a value of approximately $22-500.000. $22-500.000. The San Juaquin val'ey supplies a large quantity of the milk, butter and poultry products consumed in southern California aind the lands in that section of the st.U? r.re settled set-tled up and given ever more and more to diversified farming Thousands Thous-ands of acres of arkultu, 1 lands ; round Los Angeles during a single year make room for industrial plants nihurban districts aad subdivision I rojects. Southwestern Utal must he'p supply sup-ply this vast demand |