Show DRY SKIM MILK ALLOTMENT ALLOTA SENT FOR PUBLIC P U B L I 1 C WELFARE sixty thousand pounds of dry skim milk have been b e en received by the state department of public welfare from the fede federal ral surplus commodity Comm odit es corporation this product will be distributed to gersoni persons on the relief rolls according to ellis johnson director of commodity distribution for the state department of public welfare this product is a dry white powder made from skim milk and contains all milk solids except the butter fat because it can be used in powder form in in preparing recipes which call for milk or can be mixed with water to obtain n the equivalent of fluid skim milk it forms a valuable addition to the diets of those persons whose limited budgets prevent their buying enough fluid milk mr johnson added that the corporation has been doing pioneer work in the introduction of this product for several years the present allocation results from the recent purchase of five million pounds made by the corporation po ration under a program to improve marketing conditions condi tons and aid milk producers the corpo corporation ca is under the direction of the agricultural adjustment administration tra tion the manufacture of the five million pounds of dry skim milk wi will 11 require fifty five million lbs ibs of fluid skim milk representing the product of many dairy farms in minnesota wisconsin michigan indiana illinois idaho california washington oregon and pennsylvania subscribe for the record |