The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
DAIRY COW IS
SALVAGE AGENT.
EXPERT CLAIMS
Bovine Milk Producer Re-
turns Most Value for Food
Consumed, According
to Expert

Terming the dairy COW as the
greatest salvage agent of the coun-
try and citing the beneficial influ-
ence which milk consumption has
had on school children in many
places where tests have been made,
Prof. R. M. Washburn, former pro-
fessor of dairying husbandry at the
University of Minnesota and former
state dairy, food and drug commits
sioner Of Missouri, brought the mes
sage of more and better milk to an
assemblage of prominent state,
county and city health officials at
a banquet rendered him at the South
ern club last evening.
Professor washburn is one Of the
eminent authorities on milk and
dairy products of the United States
and Canada. His reports and find
lngs were used to advantage in the
recent campaign for better milk in
Birmingham. according to DR.. ]. D.
| Bowling. city and county health Of
ficer, who was present at the meeting
last evening.
An Industry of Salvage
1.-THE fundamental factor Of dairy
Ing is that 1t is an industry of sal
wage" was the surprising opening
statement of the Minnesotan to his
hearers.
Ninety per cent of the energy of
vegetable growth Is in rough food
like grass and hay. which are only
useful when converted into palatable
products. In the conversion of sub
stance from one form to the other,
the COW is the most efficient to turn
back the greatest amount of food
value from food consumed.
THE dairy industry also allows the
farmer to salvage his time by work
ing in the early hours of the morning
and later hours of the evening when
he could not be in the field. 1t al
lows him to salvage the time of his
family, members of which assist more
in dairy work than in other agricul-
tural branches.
South Makes Progress
Tribute is due the south for the
strides which have been made In the
dairy industry. visited Alabama
IA years ago and note the develop
ment which has been made in this
line for ] note that dalrying is being
systematically encouraged.
1.-THE stimulation by commercial
enterprises tends to aid the farmer
and accounts for a larger consump-
ton of the products.
1.-THE sturdy health OF the Swiss.
Scandinavians, Holland Dutch. Bel
gians and Danes must necessarily
have meaning. They are producers
and consumers of dairy products.
Regulation Stimulates
proper regulation and control of
dairy production in cities shows that
as soon as milk becomes safe more
Is used. Figures shown indicate that
Birmingham uses only one-half the
amount of milk of cities of similar
size in the country. Ny Information
is that the consumption has increased
since regulation was started by the
city health authorities and this Is a
natural hypothesis.
IF investigation were made In
some of the hilly sections of the
south. where the people show forms
of cancellation 1t might be found
that the consumption of dairy prod
ucts was small. These people are not
getting enough lime of the right
kind, the kind of lime that comes In
milk.
ut is peculiar TO note that children
OF farmers suffer more in many In
stances than city children; that chill
dren OF the rich suffer more than
children of the poor for it is in many
cases just a question of whether or
not they get milk"
Technical Analysis
Professor Washburn then gave an
analytical discussion as to the prop
critics of milk explaining the pro-
tein. ash and vitamine content. He
cited many instances of school dem
onstrations where milk Is being sup
piled in the morning and late after
noon to provide proper nutriment for
children and stated that Los Ange
les experience in this matter had
shown a decrease of two years to
complete grade school work for chill
dren who had advantage of the
proper diet.
He stated that milk. to be of value,
must be safe, that cleanliness, cool
ness, early usage and safeguards
from bacteria were essential factors
in the handling and consumption of
milk.
Birmingham to Fore
He sounded warning against
tubercular cows and stated that
while he knew of no regulations
which call for pasteurized milk for
cheese and butter that the local re-
quirement of pasteurized products
for use in ice cream was the first of
which he had heard.
Other speakers at the meeting
were: DIR. ]. D. Bowling. city and
county health officer; Mrs. Mary
Echols, commissioner of health and
education; Mrs. F. NJ. Blynde of the
home service department of the Red
Cross; A. L. FIJI. DR.. H. B. Bowling
of Ozark, L. c. Bulmer, chief of the
division of food and milk inspection
department of the local board Of
health: H. NJ. Beck and D. w. G. Var
brough. manager of the Jersey Ice
Cream company. who was host.