Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Value Of sklmmilk a. Food.

1T is bad economy" according to b
d. kawl, Chief Of the Dairy Division Of
the United States Department of Agri
culture, "to feed 100 pounds of albumen
eassiu, and milk sugar into an anima
Tor the sake of producing five pounds ot
pork, part OF which is bono and gristls
and not edible"
This statement was made by Mr.. Raw
while In Columbus to give the prelimi
nary instructions for the governments
participation in the National Dairy show
to be held October 1919. 1t indicates
the next big problem in conservation,
which the Dairy Division of the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture expects to take mp
and popularize.
II do not mean," says Mr.. Rawl,
"that farmers should not feed skim
milk to their hogs, for under existing
conditions that is all many of them can
do with IL. Millions of pounds are
absolutely wasted, not even having the
same percentage of conservation secured
by feeding to the hog. What we must
do is to educate the people of The United
States to the very high food value tha
is now being wasted. That Ia one Of
the missions which We hope the National
Dairy Show will help us to accom- plish.
"Fhe war experience Of the govern.
ment in the matter of educating the pub
lie has been most encouraging. In the
recent campaign to popularize the use
OF cottage cheese, We have several
authentic records where the daily con-
sumption has gone from 900 pounds to
ton in . day. The proper utilizatio
of skimmilk is the next big problem for
rs, rs i see it. There are at the present
time 10 the United States something
like Is billion pounds of this available
annually, which is very largely wasted.
The ideal use for skimmilk ia the manu-
fac'ure Of milk powder, which at the
present time is only an infant industry.
The difficulty In utilizing skimmilk by
this process Is the time and invest ment
required In manufacturing milk powder
"There are many ways in which skim.
milk can be employed advantageously 10
the home cooking. This is particularly
true In the making of soups and other
meat substitute foods. In the form of
powder, skimmilk can be used for prac.
tically all cooking needs where raw milk
10 usually oDpiOyeu.
Mr.. Rawl has just returned from an
tour in the extreme west and
gives It as bis opinion that in the main.
the dairy industry of the United States
10 holding its own in spite of adverse con-
ditions which have governed it for the
last six months.
1T must not be forgotten" be says,
"tbat since the war We have changed an
adverse balance of 500 million pounds Of
milk to favorable balance of 1900 mil
lion pounds 10 our favor. This is not
falling off in domestic consumption, at
tributed in part to high prices. Our
department is now working with the
extension departments Of schools and
throughout the United
States in bringing to the attention of
the people of the country the value of
milk, and information how to use IL to
their own best advantage. We do not be-
lieve that the consuming public IA q
whole has an adequate conception of the
importance of the dairy industry to the
welfare of the nation. We are organ
ICED to help bring this about and that is
q justification of the government in par
in the big. National Dairy
Show"