| Show DAIRY INDUSTRY JUTRY NOW is IMMENSE milk represents fourth of production ebion on farms bams by bw thi the states state of A the rhe dairy da try I 1 industry n d astry Is an immense industry it holda holds an exceedingly important por tant place idour in our notional economic structure this must be so 6 because kit 69 e the commodity it produces ts Is a prime lu in our very existence said 0 E reed heed chief ot of the bureau of dairy industry united suites department of agriculture in addressing the first annual meeting of rhe file north car alloa state Dairy Dalry mens as association nt fit greensboro the dalry dairy industry Is ot of tsuch such great size that it Is difficult to realize now how dig big it li is he be suld buld the rhe stee bindus industry awas once billed the brillon dollar industry in the behr year july 1 to july 1 18 according to estimates tile the total tal income re received elved by amerl son 46 bunners for nil the if larm farm prod nets acts wua was about one fourth of this or about three billions was produced by our dairy vows cows tills this was two nod and a 0 hall times the value of the cotton crop two and a hia times the beet beef and eul edl crop more than three times dines tile crop wl twice the hog hod crop the demand for the dairy products product a of american I 1 far forms nis le Is increasing year by year milk butter buffer cheese ice fee cream brenni etc are becoming u H renter greater part ot of the dierof diet of the american people he said tile the increase im In creasi in the hie demand for dary dairy pro luts Is due to io two factors die first is the improvement thal lins ling tamn place in tie the of all dalry pr oets generally in the he fait few years there Is a direct relation between and milk thul that I 1 L low in quality Is always bitti cult to market to advantage whereas milk of good flavor and nigh saul tury quality always has under hormal economic conditions an market and is consume consumed din in relatively 1 large amounts amounts the second factor la 19 1 better understand understanding ingon on the part of if people generally of the valde of milk and milk products in relation to td nutrition end and health in re recent ent years a great deal of emphasis has been put upon the vitamin content of foods milk is rich in vitamins those accessory food substances which are necessary for them the proper of the body the problem of raising the general level of quality of milk and nd cream at the point of production the farm is one that must be given more consid er aeration ailon the objects of quality ini improvement pro arr arc to increase consumption and provide the consumer with ilean clean wholesome and nutritious dairy products pio ducts sint Is lie per capita consumption of m milk alk sho that the southern states are low in their per capita consumption of all kinds of dali dairy ry products as compared with other sec lions of 0 tile the country abe producer as well as the man manufacturer should make every effort to increase Inc renie the consumption of milk |
