| Show in these united states june again set for national dairy airy week in united states with production and distribution of milk at the highest levels in history dairy month is celebrating its tenth anniversary niver sary through the month of june again the dairy industry calls attention of the public to the vital part played by milk and dairy products in america in the beginning however the observance was neither a month nor was wa it june in 1937 th the e dairy industry promoted a national milk week for november 14 to 20 in an effort to sell moro more milk and ice cream everyone was wa urged to purchase an extra quart of milk on friday ot of that week it was not until 1939 that dairymen fountain operators and others other decided to promote dairy products one month ot of the year june was selected because it Is the time of year when milk p production 0 Is the greatest milk cows were first brought to america in 1611 for the jamestown colony in 1624 a few cows arrived for or the plymouth colony the first regular shipment of milk by rail was inaugurated in 1841 from orange county to new york city pasteur experiments were started in 1856 and since that time the dairy industry has made rapid progress the milk bottle was not invented by dr di hervey D thatcher of potsdam N Y until 1884 fluid milk was not included in the amy army diet until 1933 but during world war II 11 the use of muck milk an and dairy products by the armed forces was a must |
