The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
STATE DAIRY
. REGULATIONS

tfon Issues Orders Affecting
the Manufacture and Handling
d Dairy Products.
ELIMINATE THE LOSS.
Regulations Call For Elimina-
ton of An Creamery Stations
Where Well Managed Cream
cries Are Operated. u
The Federal Food Admins
traitor for this state has ordered
regulations effecting the hand
ling, shipping and manufacture
Of dairy products which all pro-
ducers of cream should become
thoroughly familiar with. The
following explanation of the ne
cessity and purpose of these reg
ulations is given in order that
fthe same may be put into opera
tion harmoniously and stimuli
taneously at an early date.
State Food Administrator
Ladd has appointed Dairy Com
missioner, j. J. Osterhous as
chairman, State Dairy Division
!lof the Food Administration to
put these regulations into ef-
feet. Mr.. Osterhous has ap-
pointed a committee in each
county consisting Of the County
Food Administrator, County
Chairman of the Council of De-
tense, and a third member chos-
en- by the above named two to
assist in making thorough in
vestigation of the dairy situa-
tion in each community thru
out the state. The reports and
Recommendations of the county
committee will enable the State
Chairman to make whatever
changes in existing conditions
as are necessary to accomplish
Che purpose of and to conform
with the Food Administrator
orders.
These regulations are issued
as a war measure to eliminate
great wastes and losses of food,
man-poWer and shipping space
that result from the present sys-
tenn of handling, shipping, and
manufacturing Of dairy products
of the state.
Dairy products properly han
died are the most perfect of all
foods; they are necessary to
normal health and development
of every human being, yet on
account of their bulky and per-
ishable character they are not
suited for transportation to our
army and our allies. They are,
however, we'll suited for use as
substitutes for certain other
more concentrated and stable
foods such as wheat and meat
and should be used in greater
quantities throughout this coun-
try. If they are to be used as
such a substitute every precau-
tion must be taken to eliminate
wastes and insure high quality
so that increased consumption
may be encouraged. Our pres
ent system must undergo con-
siderable change if we are to
eliminate waste and encourage
both production and consump-
tion.
The following brief outline of
the extent Of dairying and our
present wasteful, and inefficient
system of handling dairy pro-
ducts will indicate the necessity
of a change if we are to handle
our dairy products in a manner
consistent with the requirements
of our nation.
The annual income from mar
ketable dairy products equals
one fifth of the value of our
average wheat crop. Approx
mately 100000 pounds of but
terfat are marketed annually
this in the form Of cream rep
resents total of approximately
50,0OO,000 pounds. Of this
amount only 1873 per cent is
manufactured at the local cream
cries Of the state !; 1854 per cent
is made up into butter at ten
creameries in the state that do
a centralizing business and in
wolves the shipment Of twelve
and one-half million pounds Of
cream an average distance Of
| 100 miles. The remaining 55.9
per cent Of our entire marketable
dairy product, or 26,OO0,OO0 is