Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24

fed to stock is worth at least three times
as much as II 1t were only used as stock
feed.
The United States department of agri-
culture Is urging the use of cottage cheese
as meat substitute and the demand for 1t
Is increasing every day. The creamery
man who supplies this demand is doing his
bit to win the war Just as much as are
other producers of food. Nearly every
groceryman is asked by his customers to
supply cottage cheese but many cannot
secure it. They are willing to pay 10 cents
or more per pound to the creamery which
will furnish them a steady supply.
Once started to making cottage
cheese It is only q step for some plants
tqfstart making neufchatel and cream
cheese but as a rule II Is best to leave
the manufacture of cheeses to plants
specially equipped and making a spe-
cialty of this class of cheese How
ever, particularly for local trade, It
may be we'll worth while to vary the
cottage cheese by offering some of 1t
with pimentos or olives added. An
other possibility is the manufacture of
buttermilk cheese.
Last but not least is the possibility
Of making some of the varieties Of Eu-
ropean cheese which before the war
these are being made successfully in
this country now, several creameries
in this State already having commenced
their manufacture with gratifying re-
suits. Some of these Italian and
Greek types of cheese, are made from
whole milk, some from part skimmilk
and others from the whey. There are
several firms which are contracting to
buy the milk from the creameries
sending their own labor to make the
cheese. They pay very good prices
for skimmilk and butter fat. Other
plants make the cheese themselves.
There seems to be considerable demand
and a good market for all of these
cheeses such as Romano, Ricotta, and
several others.
Owing to illness, the address scheduled
to have been given by John c. Clair of
Boston, industrial commissioner of the
Illinois Central railroad. on 1.-THE Dairy
Cow as an Aid to Humanity" was not de-
livered.
At the morning session Professor George
F. e. Story, in charge of the animal hus-
bandry at the University of Vermont, gave
a lecture on Live Stock as War Fac
tor" This address was of special interest
to the breeders and contained some in
teresting facts and figures compiled from
statistics from various offices of the State
in Vermont and the country in general.
The address follows:
LIVESTOCK AS A WAR FACTOR.
THAT food will win the war" is gen.
orally accepted as the truth. This being
fact, the important problem which we
face is to secure a proper relationship be-
tween the various classes Of food in our
food production campaign.
We have heard during the past year a
great deal regarding war gardens" al
so the production of beans, potatoes and
other cereal crops Until recently, peo-
pie have seemed to overlook the relative
| Importance of animal products as COM
pared to cereals. 1t can conservedly be
| stated that the portion of the food budget
Of the average family which goes for the
purchase Of potatoes, beans, flour, cereals.
and the like, amounts to between % and
25 per cent. of the total food cost, while
65 per cent. of the budget is spent for an
imal products in the form of meat, milk,
eggs, and the like. What is more impor-
tant, milk and some of our other animal
products are admittedly the cheapest form
| of nutriment which we can purchase. Is
| it not well for us with these facts in
mind to develop rational system Of agri-
culture whicwh will truly meet the war
| needs of the nation?
There are two reasons why all lines of
livestock farming will be more perma-
nent and will continue pre- f1table longer
| than the production of cereals. once the
war has ceased. The first. is that even
though we find very high prices being
paid for wheat at the present time, the
cessation of the war together with good
| crop will absolutely break the grain
market of the world owing to the fact
| that great quantities of grain have been
stored. waiting transportation to the mar
kets. Livestock industry cannot suffer
an immediate calamity such as may &C.
cur with the cereals. owing to the fact
that there is a tremendous world shortage
of meat and milk animals due to the raw
| ages which war has made in the herds
and flocks of Europe. These factors are
sufficient insurance to encourage peo'
pie to continue In some line Of livestock
endeavor We should also try by al
means possible, to make our farms self
supporting as at present organized rather
than to plunge into the production OF
cereals concerning which they have had
little or no experience.
To meet the increased demand FOR an
ina! food VIC turn first of all to the dair,
COW. She is capable Of producing moro
units of human food from an acre Of fcet
than any other animal known. In addition
to milk as a source of food, wo have butter
cheese, condensed milk, milk powder, and
various products made from milk. all O.
which have their specia! and importan
Uses.
That the rumber OF dairy cattle mus
be maintained is a recognized fact and tn
various regional milk boards which hav
been sitting r. different localities hav
so fixed the price which the producer 1
to receive for his milk that tho bushes
is now on "A much more attractive footlnl
and should encourage production even Il
the face of the severe labor shortag
which 10 bound to be fel, this comin
season.
Many people are turning to the produc
! ton of beef as n way t. relieve the labo
difficulty. 1t would seem we'll to encour
; age beef raising on farms removed fror
: the railroads where labor Is dfncult to sc
cure and retain and where the cost O
transporting dairy products is high Mod
, flied beef production under these condi
lions will probably be as profitable n
dairying and certainly will not be n,
tended with so great worry as is no,
experienced by men with large milkin
herds. The consistent efforts on the pa,
! of several large organizations to encour
age beef raising will without question b
attended with considerable success.
The fact that there are now 2s.O N
, less cattle in the world than three wear
ago, many of these having come fror
. the breeding herds, is guaranty sufiicier
: as to the prices for the next few years fo
Q both beef and dairy cattle.