The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-12
EPNG PACE WITH THE MAGIC CITY ON THE DAIRY FARMS

doesn't know whether ho ig going
to have a dairy farm or whether his
property h. going to Doe cIt up into
town lots. and naturally enough he
ls going rather slow until hc nnds
out
do with. Tho ucNt problem ia Zoo ln.
crease consumption,
The consumption OF ui. 40 Tul-
~ is below normal Tbe u.. could
easily. aud to benefit or itH UDllth.
consume twice as much ps ,J docs.
Tulsa averages half pint or % glass
ot milk person u day N"D. rdIng
to government health statistics.
twice that much is - normal cone
sumption. Dairymcn nud people iu-
tcrcstcd In the matter, bclic"Iug that
an ,duclilunpi campaign would do
more than anything ciso 90 help core
rect this state Of affairs, asked the
government for help. aud Miss
Hoover from Washington is coming
hrrr Monday to plan a milk cam
paigu 10 boz carried on In March
WI Consumption Ings.
why the below normal consump-
uou'
"Iuudrcda of goood people" said
Malone 'hcllpVc that canned milk
b. Loitrr for them than raw milk.
Thcy road tho smoothly wordod adj
,ortisrmcuts comparing raw milk
with the substitutes and even though
they don't like it perhaps, they
mako ury flct ana swallow H.
Tho public has a wrong conception
ut the dnirvm1n. As consequence
more than carload "a day or con-
ed. 3D. NftN.
hHt year. and moro thuu q million
dollars was spent in TulH1 county
uluuo Tor condensed milk and milk
products"
Replace the substitute with the
whole milk and Tulsn's consumption
would moro nearly Appronch normal
Homo and restaurant and ice cream
fnctory provide the cntiro market for
Tulsa county milk. There Is not y
single creamery In the county. and
not pound OF butter IL made TOR
. snlo. Malone stated. OF course q few
farms may mako some Tor SAFE III
small quantities. but THIS ~ nogllsl-
bic. A certain amount OF cream II
ahinpcd out of the county 60 cream
erica. but there has not up 20 thls
time hccn enough sour cream 10
warrant the establishment OF
creamery here. Tulsa has two or
threo ice cream factories and Two
large milk distributing plants that
collect and pnstourizo milk for hotel
ana store sales.
Looking into the future, Maionv
secs great possibilities for tho coun-
ty as dairying county. Betofe
these possibilities are realized, now
over, there are certain handlcers 10
he overcome. In Wisconsin, for IN
stance. the first requisite for dniry-
ing is silo. Here not more than
6 per cent OF tho farms are equippcd
with ellOa. In tho second pincc, not
more than per cent OF the farmers
grow alfalfa. and alfalfa or some
Kind OF legumo rs necessary aud ita
lack only adds to the cost OF pro-
duction. In the third place. there
are "A good many of the dairymen OF
the county who are tenants Instead
OF landowners. And In tho last place
ppraduNicnl as n may seom, IL the
: prowth OF the city that is the mar
kct for the mllk.
il In the course Of itH expansion the
A city has crept farther and tarthor
2. out into the country, The farmer
d has moved his barns and his nom.
a and taken his plow 20 new territory
. whore he viii Ls out OF the reach
@ OF the encroaching town. But me
/ town In always catching up with nm
, Now a farmer with dairy aspirationh