West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-02
No One Need Ever Fear that Milk
and Btter Shortage Will Ever
Take Place In this Country
Great Quantities of These Arti-
eles Produced Yearly

That milk and butter shortage
need never take place I'm thIs country.
no matter how completely isolated
rom the rest OF the world it might
become In somo future condition OF its
development is n bit OF interesting in
,ormation contained in n study lust
prepared for the National Geographic
society at Washington on the worlds
lairy industry. Dispatches from sov-
iraI OF the warning countries I'm Eu-
rope carry notices OF serious shortage
OF butter fats and OF milk; and. re-
Sarding tho insufiiclency OF milk sup
plies In certain belligerent lands,
much has been said about the hard
ships worked upon the babies. The
society's review of butter and milk
production In the various countries re-
duces questions Just now OF greatest
interest concerning tho nature OF the
wars reaction upon humanity's milk
pail and butter tlrkin to concrete flg-
ares. Tho following bulletin embod-
les the results:
"In any discussion OF the worlds
market basket tho Importance of milk
cannot bo overlooked. In the United
states alone we produce more than
j.OOO.O0O,0OO gallons OF milk a year.
This Ia an average OF nearly one gal
Ion per COW per day. Exclusive OF the
farms OF the country (Which, by the
way, represents the bulk OF our pro-
duction), our dairy products are worth
$6OO,O0O,OOO year.
"ln other words, they are worth
enough TO build Panama Canal and
pay for the maintenance OF the Ameri-
can army and navy every year.
"only one-third OF all of tho milk
produced I'm the United States ia sold
from the farm. Much of that which
remains is used for domestic purposes
there, although 1,000,00O,O 900 pounds of
butter is proudly exhibited by the
American farm as one OF It's by-pro-
ducts. The total production OF butter
In the United States is around 1,70O.-
600. 900 pounds. While 10 out of every
IL pounds of our butter is produced
on the farm. nearly all OF our cheese ia
made In factories.
MIX Is used everywhere that man
lives, and 1t is secured from many
different kinds OF animals. Around
the Arctic Ocean the Laplander milks
his reindeer and freezes the milk into
blocks to keep until needed; I'm the
desert regions of Asia and Africa the
natives drink the milk OF camels and
donkeys; in Western Asia there are
wandering Tartar tribes who live
largely on mares milk. In many coun-
tries the goat is the poor mans COW,
while sheep milk is widely used I'm the
manufacture OF cheese in Europe.
"In recent years Russia has built up
a large dairy industry in Siberia, and
before tho war great express trains,
sweeping across two continents, car
ryinP nothing but dairy products, were
a striking object lesson of the worlds
craving for butter and cheese. The
Chinese. Korean and Japanese use COM
paratiyely little milk, their countries
being too populous to admit OF the
keeping Of many COWS.
Little Denmark leads all the coun-
tries OF the world In the expectation of
dairy products, and Danish butter is
known wherever good living is enjoy
ed. Danish dairymen have been i'm
ported to all parts OF the temperate
world 70 teach the secrets OF high class
dairylng.
THE volume OF butter which I'm nor 3
NAL times reaches the channels OF in
ternational trade amounts TO 72s,OOO.-
600 pounds, which Is less than half Of
the butter production OF the United
States alone. The per capita con-
sumption OF butter in the United
States is about pounds On the
same basis, Germany would consume
1.139, 100000 pounds I'm 1913 that
country imported 122,0OO,OOO pounds
more than II exported
1T will be seen from this that n
she normally uses as much butter az
we do, her shortage would be 1O.7 per
cent However, Norway. Sweden.
Denmark and Holland have about s26.-
100000 pounds TO export annually,
while Austria Hungary has surplus
OF 100000 pounds. In normal times
England takes three-nftbs OF the
worlds surplus Of butter; in 1912. out
Of 728,OOO,OOO pounds moving in inter
national commerce. the United King
dom took 85.OOO,OOO pounds.
There are no world statistics Of the
production OF cheese. except Of that
part moving in international trade
The United States annually produces
about four pounds per capita. The to-
tai amount imported by all tho coun-
tries OF the world is 531 .O0O,O0O pounds
OF which the United Kingdom takes
$50 900, 900. Germany 47.0O0,0OO and
Austria-Hungary 100000. Bulgaria
exports 100000 pounds and Holland
and Switzerland have 190.OOO.00O
pounds to give cheese hungry
world"