The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-03
DAIRY PRODUCTS
ARE OVERLOOKED
Oairymen May Help to Increase
Production by insuring High
er Quality.
KNOWLEDGE OF MILK VALUE
Average Quantity Of Milk Used Each
Day is Hardly More Than Mouth
fvs-stsrt weu-oruanixed
Campaign Of Education.

Take n big tablespoon. Place In Il
about threeJourths of nm ounce 81 hut
ter and about one-sixth Of an ounce Of
cheese. together with slightly less than
faif an ounce of ICE cream. Swallow
them down with milk OF quantity
just undcr pint. When you have
done this you will have partakcp Of
the daily average portion nj dairy
products IA the Inhabitants ~ flhe
United States. based ON the prvduc-
ton records nf 1917.
'.It would be- iaughablc were II not
81 pitiful." writes dairy specialist of
the u. &. department NJ agriculture
Something like a dose of medicine TO
bs gulped down in one dose,
american people 40 not begin to eat
enough dairy products for their own
good. Let's get together. produce the
very best goods possible. and then start
such weli-orranixed campaign os etiu-
cation thar NIL may have the correct
knowledge Of milk value. Remember,
II took the farmers tn FIRE the shot
heard round the world
Natures Chosen Food.
Mother Nature CAV. milk and milk
products Ia the world. She supplies
milk to the helpless infant. struggling
for strength. and as well to the ccto-
-eDarian. rrying to- retain or regain II.
The value OF milk as n producer of
health and strength is recognized cv-
crywhcrc. bur despite this the guam
iity Of milk and milk products avail
able daily for the average inhabitant
Of this country would he far less than
enough to meet the specifications for n
good square meal with round corners
Granted that some people drink a
quart ur two OF milk every day. use far
more than thrce-fourths of an ounce
of butter on their hot biscuits or toast
or sweet potatoes or whatnot. eat
twenty or more times as mrch cheese
as Is coming to them on the basis Of
averages, and are regular patrons of
the ice cream man. They are hardly
so he blamed for .that. They like milk
and Its products. and doubtless they
revcr stop to think that they are eat
inG the shnres OF other people. And
they are 10 he blamed not at all when
II Is known that the demand for dairy
products In this country has never
been % continuously great that there
has been lnsting shortage In produce
tinn.
The department of agriculture Is en-
gagged not only In encouraging the pro-
dnction Of milk and milk products. but
their use. II holrs, through this dou-
ble-barreled cninpaign. to save more OF
the meat needed for shipment over
seus. and also TO mike II sure that Mt
the end of the war dairy production
and use OF dairy products will be great
err in this country than ever before.
Much Skim Milk Saved.
As an instance, take cottuge cheese.
which provides a valuable use for the
millions III gallons Of skim milk that
In past years have been thrown AWAY
or fed 10 animals. In few months
~ 400 persons have been encouraged
to take up the manufacture Of cottngs
cheese. and hundreds Of thousands
hnve been convinced that they should
eHi It, NOT only because II VIII save
meat, hut because their palates. their
stomnchs and their bodfes la general
win like Il.
Not only Increased production. hut