Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21
WORLDS DAIRY CONGRESS
BEING PLANNED FOR 1923
One Hundred and Fifty Ma.
tons Invited 10 Participate
in the Meeting.
PRESIDENT SANCTIONS OBJECT
Department or Agriculture OF United
states Spon,crs Project and Honcs
to Interest All Parents I'm Studying
MIX Problem.
tBy United News.l

Department has just issued invita-
'ions $50 nations. Colonies and Com
mon wcalths TO send representative.
to the worlds dairy Congress to be
held in leading American city. yet
TO be selected. In October. 1923
"WhIlc this Congress viii not be
conducted under tho patronage of the
government OF the United States" the
department announced. Great in
terest is taken in the congress by
the United states Department of
Agriculture, which Is cooperating
with the committee OF management
and the Congress Of the United states
has requested and authorized the
President to extend invitations TO
foreign governments TO participate
By delegates therein
First In This Country.
This VIII be the hrst congress OF
said. and VIII be carried out through
the Worlds Dairy Congress -Asso-
citation
The meeting has been under con
sidcration by officials OF the Depart
:nent OF Agriculture and leaders Of
the dairy industry since 1919. Al the
National Dairy Show. OF 1920. tenn
porary organization was formed 70
develop plans and a permanent or
ganIzation was Effected on October
IL. 1921. For the first time, practi-
cally every branch or tho dairy in
dustry has become interested In "A
common effort and is contributing to-
ward the work OF the worlds Dairy
-. rh. IL
quarters is at io6 star Building,
Washington. D. C.
The chairman OF the temporary or
ganization and presiden; Of the per-
rnaucnt association is II. r.. Van Nor
man. professor Of dairy management
az the University OF California. and
until granted "a leave OF absence last
July. dean OF the University Farm at
Davis. DR.. Van Norman is serving his
tenth term as president Of the Ma
tlonal Dairy Association and has had
Il wide experience In conducting
dairy meetings. The vice-president
OF tho association is Robert Scoville,
president of the American Guernsey
Cattle Club. The board OF vice -prcsl-
dents is made up Of the presidents or
secretaries OF the nineteen national
orEaniza tons interested IN tho va
rious branches Of the dairy Industry
and nf twenty eight other men and
women who are prominent in scien-
tinc research. IN child welfare work
and in the commercial phases Of the
industry. Secretary Henry c. Wal
lace, of the Agricultural Department.
is honorary president. and c. w. Lar
son, ChieAo OF the departments dairy
division, and g. H. Rawl, ea-chief. are
honorary vice-presid
To Interest Parents.
The effort VIII be made, not only
10 interest people directly engaged
in some branch OF the dairy industry
in the worlds dairy congrnis, but
also the general public-espccially
the parents of children. lnvestiga-
tons Of recent years have shown that
milk and milk products are vital
necessities to growing children. MI
triton workers hold that Americans
arc not using enough milk and milk
products and this was borne out by
an examination conducted among 90
900 pupils. ranging in age from 10
-, by the Los Angeles. Cal. school
authorities. They found that nearly
81 per cent OF the children, rich and
poor alike, were not receiving milk
regularly. They also found that, in
each year. the children who received
Il pint of milk a day averaged three
quarters OF all inch in height and two
pounds in weight more than the chill
drcn who did not use milk. Similar
conditions have been found to pre-
vail IN many other cities. Out of 4
population of 10S,540, 900, continental
United States has 25.22S, 000 children
less than . years old and several mil
lions more in the growing stage.
u. s. Industrial background.
The following table shows the in
dustrial background in the United
states of the worlds dairy congress:
Total number of farms in 1919.
C.44S.000: number reporting dairy
cattle. 4,567,o0O; average acreage of
all farms, 1852: estimated acreage of
farms with dairy cattle. $4,000, 900:
average value OF lands. buildings,
machinery per farm. S10,24S; esti-
mated value OF farms with dairy cat
tie. SAT 600, 900. 600; total agricultural
population. 32,5O0,000; estimated
number of farms with dairy cattle
% 900 900; number Of dairy cows. 3d.
$4,000: number OF dairy cattle
cows, bulls. calves, 31.400000; csti-
mated value OF dairy cattle. $1,000
0oO, 900; gallons OF milk produced In
1920, 10.425, 00O. 900: value of dairy
products on farms in 1920. s3.025.080.-
900.
Approximately half the milk pro-
duced each year is used for house
hold purposes and half Is manufac-
tured into butter, cheese, condensed
milk. ice cream, etc. No estimate has
ever been made OF the dollars invest
ed and the people interestd as en-
ployes or employs in crameries, fac
tories for dairy products and utensils
and machinery. In milk distributing
systems. 49,
Prices in one part OF tho world in
huences prices elsewhere and In view
OF this. the congress will make a
study OF International trade condi-