Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
war AND WORLDS MILK PAIL
Serious Shortages in Certain Of
the Belligerent Lands.
Dntr! Products OF the United States
Worth Enough Each Year to BUILD
Panama Canal and Ray for .
he Army and Navy.

mat milk and butter shortage neeA
never take place in this country no mat.
Ter now completely isolated from the
rest Of the world It might become in
some future condition of its deyelon-
ment' is bit Of interesting inforna.
Tor the National Geographic society at
Washington on the worlds dairy ,n
ous'rN. Dispatches from several Of tho
warning countries in F,,,rope carry
notices of serious shortages OF hsftter-
,a.s ana OF milk; and, regarding the In
suihciency Of milk supplies in certain
oeiligerent lands, much has been eeia
ABOUT the hardship worked upon tl>
papies The society's review of butt sr
ana milk production in the various coun-
tries reduces questions lust now of
greatest interest concerning the nature
OF the wars reaction upon hun.pitv,.
mix pail and butter firltin to concrets
iisures' The following bulletin EN-.
bodies the results:
In any discussion Of the worlds mar
ket basket the importance OF milk cam
not be overlooked in the Tinted s,..a~
alone We produce more than six billion
|
nearly one gallon per COW a day FIX
c!usiVe or the milk and cream consume
ed on the farms of the country (which.
by the way. represents the bulk of our
production. our dairy products ara
worth $500 900 coo a wear In other uora,
they are worth enough to build =
Panama canal and paw for the main.
tenance Of the American army and navy
every wear
Only e-third Of all Of the mill, r,r,.
duced In the United States ia sold from,
the farm Much of that which remair.
is used for domestic nurnoses tbero o.
though a billion hounds of hrt+or J..
proudly exhibited nv the A,,ario,,, 60.
as one Of ito hv.n-o,,,,,,. MI. 80
nroductio, op b,,.a.
States is aro,,nd -oo n,o ooo N
Will. ten ont NJ .,.ar,. .o,,..s $3.50
Of orr butter is rro,,,oo, 49, A.
nearly all of on,. ohooa, g. ~
factories 80
Milk 10 used .va,r,...o a..
lives and !, ,s sac,,ra,, So, so.
ferent kinds -, .ri,,,,1, - 49,,
Arctic ocea, tho I.,I.,an,, ..;,,. ~
reindeer and fre.v.. ,na Tin.
blocks IN ,.en ur,i, .,.,. &. -.
desert res;ops of ,si, 80 49,. 49,,
natives drink mill, o> oar,o,. 49,.
kevs. in u,es,ern Ali. ,h.-a 80.
ing Tartar tribes who i've ,o.a.,,. -
mare,s mill. l., ,,,,,, o.,,x.-; 60,
is tho noor man.s COW rhi,o st,.s,,,S -
widely used in tho ,n.ruf,ctura ~ c,,.o..
in Europe
In recent wars pus,i, hoe hr;,+ nm
large dairy industry in Siher,. ard b.-
fore the war great exnress trains .w.er-
ing across two continents. carrvine
nothing but dairy products vera a
striking object lesson of the worlds
craving for butter and cheese. The
Chinese. Koreans and Japanese use com.
paratively little milk, their countries be-
ing too populous to admit Of the keeps
ing OF many cows.
Little Denmark leads all the countries
of the world in the expectation Of dairy
products. and Danish butter is known
wherever good living is enjoyed Danish
dairymen have been imported to all parts
of the temperate world to teach ths
secrets Of high-class dairylng.
The volume of butter which in normal
times reaches the channels Of internal
tional trade amounts to 'S.OO,m pounds.
which Is less than half OF the butter
production Of the United States alone.
The per capita consumption of butter