The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-26
Milk Production
Threatened
To the CSngress of the United States:

To the Cspgress of the United States:
II, HE several prohibitory amendments which your honorable body is
considering as wal measures are of vital interest not only to dairy
men, farmers, cattle rasers and feed men, but the general public as WELL
Leaving aside the arguments advanced by prohibiioniss who are deman-
ding laws to prohibit the use of cereals and other food products that
enter into the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, there is another side
to the question the Importance of which is not generally known.
With the brewing industry closed down by a prohibitory law the use
of dried brewers grains and malt sprouts by the farmers and daiymen
would be discontinued and these commodities, rich in protein and abso-
lutey essential to the stimulation and economic production of milk,
would be eliminated entirely from the market These brewers grains
enter largely into the formation of milk and butter, two commodities
that will be found upon the table of almost every home in this country.
Now the quality of milk and butter which every farmer desires to keep
up to the highest standard would materially suffer through the eimina-
ton of the use of these grains whose value for cattle food purposes is
universally acclaimed both in the United States and Europe.
Thousands of head of cattle in the vicinity of large cities throughout
the country such locations being 20 situated that pasture and raising of
feed is impossible, are fed almost entirely o brewers grains. The
greater proportion of these cattle without any questioning would be led
to the slaughter house and disposed If as beef and the cattle could not be
replaced lin period of less than three years. This would make the milk
situation extremely serious and increase the cost of milk far beyond the
buying power OF the poor.
just w are witnessing a movement throughout the country for
BETTER BABIES. Good milk is al indispensable necessity of every
babys life, of every nursing mother, of every home, of every hospital in
this country. Our soldiers in the field likewise will need pure milk.
And the costo of production mus be kept dovn. To eliminate brewers
grains for mich cattle food will unquestonably lessen milk production
2Op cent-whl unquesionaby increase the cost of production to such
ar extent that the purchase price of a quart of milk now fixed al eleven
cents per quart will unquesionably force the price to twenty-five Or
thirty cents per quart in all great centnso of population where a pure
milk supply is most required.
Ifthe war lasts for a period of three years, as has been prophesied,
the necessity for the most careful and well considered legislation by the
Congress, avoiding, wherever possible, unnecessary suferings and sacr-
fees N the part of the people, is vitality apparent.
This is a statement ofo r cases. gentlemen of the Congress. There
fore, We pray that it will be accepted as a reasonable and justifable
opposition towards a movement that threatens, if made effective, to strike
not only at the interests of dairymen, farmers, cattle raisers and feed
men, but of the entire American people.
FARMERS FEED COMPANY
NEW YORK
CUSTAVE HAFER,
President
Factories:
Foot of East 10th St,
New York City.
johnson Ave. and Bogert St,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chapel ST and Passaic Ave,
Newark, \. J..
Pratt and Clinton SITS,
Buffalo, N. Y.