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Show I Dairy Program I To Boost Output ' Attention of Utah's dairy far-) far-) mers was directtd today by Or-j Or-j ville L. Lee. chairman of the 1 Utah State AAA committee to the I 1945 eight point dairy program, ' as one. of the means of achiev-j achiev-j ing the war time State goal of 696.000,000 pounds of milk during j this production year. The following statement concerning con-cerning the program was made by T. G. Stitts, chief of the dairy and poultry branch of the office of Marketing services: "Every sound device that will encourage efficient milk production produc-tion is needed to reach the dairy production goal. Efficiency" on the dairy farm also will help to keep milk production on an even keel when wartime demands give way to a peace-time market. "The 1945 eight-point dairy program, sponsored jointly by the War Food administration, the U. S. department of agriculture, the State Extension service, and the National Dairy Industry committee, commit-tee, is designed to help dairy farmers far-mers achieve both those objectives. objec-tives. Farmers can by following the eight point, maintain or improve im-prove their milk production and ' at the same time build for themselves a more profitable post-war market. "The recent announcement of rates of payment for dairy production pro-duction for the balance of 1945 also should help stimplate efficiency ef-ficiency since dairymen can now plan their year's production. The whole milk rates are approximately approxi-mately the same as for 1944, when blehd prices were, by far the highest on record. In addition, the decision to equalize the rate of payment on butterfat should encourage en-courage the production of but. ter, particularly in the farm-se parated cream producing areas. "Together, the eight-point dairy program and the dairy-production payment program provide farmers with real assistance in their efforts ef-forts to produce milk needed to win the war while helping them prepare for the peace to follow." Under the eight-point program dairymen are being urged to (1) grow an abundance of high-quality roughage, (2) balance their herds with their feed supplies, (3) keep production records on each cow in their herds, (4) practice prac-tice disease-control methods, (5) highest quality, (6) adopt labor, the land, (8) develop a sound |