| Show RESEARCH AND THE DAIRY FARMER scientific 1 re research is putting on increased pressure to help drive depression from the dairy farm it is ii being applina applied to the dairy formers major problem overproduction it is developing new uses for milk and its products such new uses opened new markets for milk in the past and will open many any additional new markets in the future more than new uses for milk and milk products have been developed in the last 75 years the most significant developments are now coming from the laboratories of the leading processors processor sand and distributors of milk it is scientific research that made it possible for the farmers product to be sold in evaporated form in condensed form in powdered form and to be marketed as malted and milk each of these new forms when it was first developed meant a substantial now new market there was a time when research waS largely dependent upon individual effort in 1856 an inventor gail borden worked almost single handed to develop a process for the condensing of fluid milk the first method of preserving the product pio duct today however when milk production has grown to tremendous proportions it is no longer the work of one or two individuals to develop new products of often ten the completion of a single piece of research takes years of time and the combined efforts of many people with the finan financial backing and collective facilities of large companies the 1932 production figure of powdered skim milk was approximately seven times the volume for 1922 while during the same peri od there was an increase of about four times in the production of casein one of the most recent uses developed for powdered milk Is a fish food which has been rendered insoluble in water the importance of this development may be judged by the fact that domestically raised gold fish are re sold in the united states annually and that about one family in every 17 has an aquarium the large number of industrial uses for casein have been the result of intensive research casein glue is one of the strongest adhesives known to science today casein is likewise used by the automobile indest y in the mah making of leather ard and oil cloth and solidified casein is made into buttons beads combs c cigarette arette holders fountain pen barrels pips bips stems radio parts etc milk sugar or lactose promises increased sales in the future truly research men are allies ol of the farmer science and humanity benefit from efforts but the farmer benefits most moat of all since every new use of milk means a larger potential market for what he has to sell |
