| Show 1 DAIRY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR FOE QUARTER OF FARM INCOME last year the he farm value of dairy products amounted to approximately three billion dollars according to figures compiled by the U 6 department part ment ne nt of 0 agriculture many al any people tail fail to realize the size and importance of this industry says 0 E reed chief of the bureau of dairy industry it may y help some to a clearer realization on of the dairying business to learn that this th ahrea rea billion dollars amounts to 0 o 26 per cent or a little more than a quarter of the total value ol of all agricultural al produce the dairy cow accounts for about one dollar 1 as against three by all the other animals a and crops in the country this development doctor reed says sa ys has been acco accompanied ilip by an ever eve r increasing appreciation by the public of the value of milk and dairy produce in the diet and their relation to the hearsh an and 1 general vel fare odthe people in the relative stability of the dairy industry doctor reed find an obvious explanation of the increasing nu number of investors who are keenly interested in the industry tha th stability of dairying he says has resulted in large investments of capital not mot only on farrus farma but in manufacturing processing and distribution plants it would be unfortunate however doctor reed points out it if the present favorable position of the dairy industry should lead many producers to expand their business or if I 1 it should induce mian many y men not now in it the business to enter the field la in recent years the domestic production of 0 all dairy products ducts ts has amounted to about 99 per beir cent of the demand a close margin |
