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Show fc.wySwsi!Wwv! .y.v -- "s y :-ss. :-xv:S I i - 1 BUTTER IT UP suggests pretty Elon Mangelson, Utah's Dairy Princess, as she invites people in this area to observe Butter MontH Butter Month in August Slated By American Dairy Association Homemakers in the Pleasant Grove area were invited this week to join in the commmoration of "Butter Month" in tUah. "August, when Utah's sweet oom is at its peak and appetites heigihten for pancakes and other 'butter' foods, has been designated designat-ed as Butter Month," said Welby to join in the commemoration of "Butter Month," in Utah. The records show that real butter but-ter is making a genuine coemback in Utah. For example, last year 6,895,000 pounds of butter were processed in Utah, an increase of 34 per cent over the output in 1951. Utah consumes approximately approxi-mately the same amount of but- ter as it produces. Chairman of the state's butter observanoe committee is Calvin L.Nelson. "There is nothing- like butter for bringing out food's subtle flavors," fla-vors," Mr. Nelson said. He added add-ed that it takels the equivalent of 12 quarts of milk to make one pound of Utah butter. Approximately Approxi-mately 60 per cent of Utah's butter rates Grade AA by U.B. Department of Agriculture standards. stand-ards. All Grade AA is sweet cream butter made from separated separat-ed milk. All milk that goes into Utah butter is pasbeurized. The percentage of Grade AA butter in Utah gives the state a high rating for superior butter. There are some states where only standard, stand-ard, or Grade A, butter is made. Presiding over Butter Month is pretty Elon Mangelson, Utah's Dairy Princess. Elon herself has churned many a pound of butter at the family dairy farm in Sanpete;. San-pete;. She notes that butter in the large plants there are eight in Utah i3 made in the same way as on the farm with churns. |