Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-01


Left in Servia
And there are two r@sonsf for this; the barbariy Of the Germans and the
A cowIess country is a babyless country
Featheryone Farms supplies milk to many Of the people of Alexandria
To the Alexandria Hospital
To the Marine Hospital at Quanhco.
To one Of the best dealers in Richmond.
To one of the best dealers in Washington: and, if we had it. we could easily
eltwice or present production OF milk
twice our present output would not begin to supply its needs nor could the pres
et local mhk1nen dc So even with our milk added
&c. this talk" only applies to ourselves as members of the dairy industry of
this country. - s
The Food Administration now admits that a great mistake was made when
the people Of the country we're urged to economic on dairy products.
on t In the n old days s. we ao used edit, to import aSo,id fses ss the At 5srt the 9r y5u 9d us eSfp b .o..
United States but in addition, to begin shipping cheese butter; and cond'
and dried milk to the Allies.
With this demand, the dairy herds of the country began to increase.
Then the cost of feed began to mount i
sgd Suddenly The s1tgsn x shoEtn sMs, Of . Shipping ping. was %m Ef ali sd. and IN e sohfet TO
the sending Of dairy products was practically stopped: en-
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room TIN tin p plate S is getting sareer T for cans and the market for condensed milk is
uncertain izEr=rr~7~
The manufacturers of oleoma1garne and other butter substitutes, are flood
people and offering a Saving" in the cost o flung:
Medical men and food experts know that oeomargine and other substitutes
contain no vtanHnes and, for children at least, should not be used.
Yet these substitutes are crowdingbuter out and 50 again reducing the de-
Only forty per cent Of all the milk produced in the country is delivered to
houses but when the price Of milk in or large cities was increased to the consul
g gra hS1 Te snssT t 2@ r II ef mR OF PS d2eon %n e. it It sre eg@fH@ "S'' al" S"NS'
A Federal investigation in Chicago showed that the farmers there were
getting for their milk less than the actual cost of production.
Asa result Of all this many dairymen are literally being forced out Of bust
ness and their COWS are going o the butcher i
No matter how many dollars you have if you lose more daily than you take
in sooner or later you must STOP.
BUTT takes three years to producea milking cow. |
And remember that: /
A cOwles country is a babyess country
Now, we come to the question, "What am going to do aboutjt|
Well DR. Garfield has told us how 1nany tons Of coal we could save winter,
if each family saved just one shovefuF day.
MI. Hoover has told us how many million bushels of wheat can be saved IN
ayear if each man, woman and child in the country will save just one slice OF
bread a day. |
It's the little things that count, when a hundred million people do them.
Suppose each person in Alexandria, young and DID, drank TWO glasses OF
milk a day.
The meat consumption of the city could be greatly reduced, thus helping
our soldiers and Allies.
The milk consumption would be greatly increased, thus helping our farmers.
Cutting down on meat and mcr""'ngt the use of milk would make every one
Of us feel better, thus helping ourselves.
In time of war, we must take a broader view of our countrys activities than
we normally do in time of peace.
Think it over.
Now. going back over all we have been saying in these advertisements about
chon mill = hrnu will II r1antv of c@h milk brOughtintO Alexandria if there's