The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-30
SOME FACTS 1norr MILK.

In Farmers Bulletin No. ~. by r. A.
Pearson. assistant chief, bureau of ami
maj industry. United States department
OF agriculture. has given some of the
peSi ana most useful information about
INK inat we have yet seen in print con-
uSEse@ TO % pages. He says:
Inc production and distribution of
mix and milk products engage the at
tSIition o. no small part of our popula-
non ne use of milk is general and
not limited TO any class or locality; it is
regarded as necessity by almost every
IadliIy and for this reason information
LesardlhS II Is important In New York
iowa, pennsylvania, Wisconsin and
helshDorlng states, dairying is carried
on very extensively: in large parts of
these states IL is the chief occupation of
ne farmers In the south and west
the number of cows is rapidly increas-
lrg. This branch of agriculture is so
widely practiced in the United States
tilat TINS IS regarded as the leading dairy
country OF the world. In 1889 the an
nuaI value of our dairy PRODUCTS was es-
umated 10 exceed $500 00,0O0 and the
value or the mich cows in the same year
was about $S70,0O0000.
It would be impossible to closely esti
mate Inc value of all property devoted
70 dalrying, but it can be safely said
t tnat IN gross investments it is exceeded
Dy lew other branches of industry
Ihere are about 100000 cows in this
country. or one to every four inhabitants:
one COW, however, furnishes the milk
persons, as large quantities of dairy prod
ucts are exported Although this is the
greatest dairy country in the world it
does not lead in the per capita con-
Sumption OF dairy products; one of the
principal reasons for this is the failure
OF Americans to appreciate the food
value OF milk and its products In
some or the older European countries
Two or three times as much milk and
United States
The average milk consumption is high
IN many parts of this country and, as
sisted by improved methods OF produc-
uon and transportation. it seems to be
increasing. II IS estimated that the
milk from 100000 cows is annually con-
Sumed. as milk, in the United States
the average being about 25l5 gallons per
year to each person; this means an orii-
nary sized tumblerful each day Many
use a much greater quantity and con-
Sscuentiy the number of those who use
little or none must be very large in
order TO make this average Within re-
cent years cream has become an i'm
portant article of commerce. and in some
localities condensed milk is extensively
used.
One hundred pounds of good milk con-
tam about the following amounts of the
dliferent constituents: 81 pounds of
water 1 pounds of fat pounds of milk
sugar, 3.3 pounds of casein and alburnen
and ca pound of mineral matter or salts
Ihese constituents vary between wide
e-AN totehl oplAhS ~ lllilh may De
as low as ten or as high as IS parts in
lUO This variation is due to several
causes. The fat varies in quantity more
than any part of the milk running as low
as two parts in 100 and as high as seven:
the larger the proportion of fat the richer
is the milk
The average dairy COW gives $50 gallons
OF milk per year or about enough to sup
ply fourteen persons, provided it is all
used as milk But in all dairy districts
more or less butter and cheese are made
and so. there must be at least one COW
for about every y people. Cows are kept
in many villages and in some cities but
the great bulk of milk consumed in cities
is produced at some distance from the
closely populated section and transported
TO market by wagons, railroad trains and
boats. Sections are found within easy
reach of all cities where dairying is the
prominent pursuit. and large quantities
of milk are produced for shipment
Orange. Duchess, Sullivan and Delaware
counties are the most important locaIi-
ties near New York city sending milk to
that market. Chester county. west of
Philadelphia, furnishes that city a large
part Of its supply. The county west and
northwest of Boston furnishes most of its
milk. A large part of the supply of
Chicago comes from the north. but to the
west and south are found excellent dairy
lands from which considerable milk is
shipped. These dairy sections are famous
for their luXuriant pastures, pure cold
springs and fine cattle. In general. these
communities are among the most prosper
Gus of the agricultural districts of the
county,