Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-01

months. if properly fed and cared Tor, q
minimum of 600 gallons OF milk. equlNa-
lent to $3.50 pounds of milk. Ihls Is q
remarkable performance when you con-
slider the highly nourishing and deslr-
able qualities which milk possesses. ana
when you remember that the COW turn
ing out this large quantity OF milk mas
probably produced in the period men
toned several times her body weight
Of one of the most desirable and essen
tial food products available to the hu-
man race. While these figures may LOOK
large to some, there are thousands oil
cows which will make as good record
as that indicated, and an extraordinary
good animal will often produce yield
of two or three times as great. On the
above basis of yield. however, 500 gal
Ions of milk will provide family OF
five with all of this wholesome, nour-
ishing and essential food product they
need. 1t has been shown definitely for
instance. that milk is essential TO the
welfare of young children. IL contains
III the elements necessary to their prop
er nourishment i'm the nature of what
are called vitamines. 1t is the most
wholesome and desirable food which can
be given to people suffering from tu-
bercular trouble. or who are suffering
from more or less chronic forms of in
digestion. The importance of milk has
been more fully demonstrated by the
present war crisis than ever before
This is shown by the fact that the most
the European countries to maintain their
supply of milk on some basis adequate
TO their national needs. OF course. this
they have been unable to accomplish
satisfactorily. The next step. therefore,
was TO reserve the use of milk for hos
pitfalls and young children. older and
more mature persons being cut off from
its use altogether. In pre-war times
we did not realize how much milk we
used or how important il was to young
children. 1t has take'I e. great crisis
such as we are now passing through TO
make us apprecistive of the Importance
OF the dairy COW.
What amount of milk will a COW of
the class we are discussing provide for
a family of five? In the first place, each
may consume daily three glasses of
milk. II the milk be churned, one-half
pound of butter will be obtained there
from. and butter fat after all is the
most wholesome and desirable of all
rats Three-fourths of a pound of cot
will still be left three quarts of butter
milk and whey for bread making and for
Use in the maintenance of chickens and
young pigs. In this connection it is i'm
pOrtant TO remember that the foregoing
products may be made to take the place
Of meat, which in the case OF a farmer
may be sold for cash and the family
eNchequer enriched thereby. On the
other hand where the family lives in
the country or the suburbs of a town
they will be made more vigorous,
healthy and happy If maintained largely
on a milk dietary. Milk is more easily
digested and assimilated than meat and
il provides the same sort of nutrients
in cheaper and more desirable form.
There is much complaint at the pres
ent time about the price of milk. AS a
matter of fact. il is one of the products
we have obtained relatively cheaply
throughout the United States and on
this account we are opposed to paying
high prices for what after all furnishes
US with a larger proportion of desirable
nutrients at a lower cost than anything
else we can buy.
In addition to all these advantages
the dairy COW becomes an important ad-
junct to the land owner for the pur-
pose of enriching and maintaining the
fertility of his land. In year the ma
nure. if properly preserved and mixed
with suitable absorbents. will amount to
ten tons. If this be applied TO the land
on which food crops are grown or to the
vegetable garden the soil can be main
tanned in a high state of cultivation
and abundant crops of any kind pro-
duced. Next to milk one of the most
wholesome and desirable additions to
the average dietary would be an album
dance of vegetables. These must be