The Delta independent., 1921-10-14
REVOLUTIONIZING THE
DAIRY INDUSTRY
BY LAURENE HARRIS

tionize the dairy industry
Out of snatches of a conversation
which ! involuntarily heard above the
roar of a Twin City-Chicago train
some two years ago the words quoted
above came to me with startling force.
It was in the observation car of one
of the early evening trains out of the
Twin Cities. / had turned my chair
around and sat looking out of the
window. We flashed past a success
sion of big red barns and silos, while
in the pastures and in the barn lots,
in the aggregate, were hundreds of
dairy cattle.
! have spent many years trying to
solve some of the problems, chiefly
those of sterility and abortion, with
which dairymen are confronted. So
the sights passing before my eyes
started me musing over the problems
of the dairy industry as a whole. l
thought of the years of study and re-
search that had been given to the de-
velopment and feeding of the dairy
COW for high production, and ! was
struck with the fact that in compari-
son little had been done to put the
marketing of milk on profitable bust
ness basis; that is, to stabilize it and
take care of the overproduction during
certain seasons.
"Revolutionize the dairy industry"
Big words, thought. And l turned
and looked squarely into the eyes of
the person who had uttered them.
found a man we'll past middle life.
we'll set up. with quiet, unassuming
air that carried with it great convic-
tion-a man who, one could tell at
glance. was full of enthusiasm. but
with it we'll under control l felt, too,
instinctively that he was a man who
would not speak lightly and without
weighing we'll his words. This, my
first judgment, have since proved to
be entirely correct.
AS / looked into the eyes of this
man, / thought, why not?" The
dairy industry has been revolutionized
before. why not again? And there
came to my mind the three big names
of the dairy world-De Laval, Bah
cock. McCollum. These men had given
their ideas or inventions to the dairy
world at the psychological moment;
the industry faced another crisis; was
it not possible, ! reflected, that it was
to have another savior? / determined
to look into the matter. ! moved over
to the chair next the speaker and in
troduced myself to him, saying that
/ had overheard his conversation, told
him of my interest in the dairy in
dustry, and asked him to satisfy my
curiosity. In response, he said his
name was S. NJ. Dick, and further,
that he would be glad to tell me why
he had made so startling a statement.
For two hours 1 listened to this
mans story, his struggles against the
skepticism of his friends, the SEEM
ingly insurmountable obstacles he had
overcome. When he said good
night" and left me l had conviction
that what he had told me was true,
and now, after two years, ! know he
had done all and more than he claim
ed and l am sure that shortly his
name will be placed with those of De
Laval, Babcock and McCollum, and
that he will be numbered among the
greatest benefactors, not alone of the
dairy industry, but of the whole hui
man race.
Something of what ! heard that
night and more of what / have since
learned about the accomplishments of
this man / shall set down here, that
YOU may judge for yourself OF the
worth of what he has done. i stake
nv reputation on the absolute correct
ness of every statement contained in
the following paragraphs.
You wonder of course, what this
man has done that will justly state
ments about him seemingly so ex-
travagant as those / have made. l
will tell you.
He has worked out a process of de-
hydrating (taking out the water) milk
which
/. Does not affect in the slightest
the health regulating and growth pro-
ducing vitamines (fat soluble A and
water soluble B).
2. Does not break or change the
butterfat globules.
3. Coats the butterfat globules with
the casein. albumen and the other
colloidal gelatin like) constituents OF
the milk so the dehydrated product
will keep without deterioration for a
wear or more.
4. Does not precipitate any of the
mineral salts cash. i. e., the bone and
teeth building substances found in
normal milk), so none of them are
lost.
3 Produces a powder which goes
into perfect solution almost instantly
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