Evening star., 1923-02-25
PRESIDENT BOOSTS
DA|RYMEN'S SHOW
Invites All Nations to Send
Delegates to Congress
Here in Fall.
WILL BE AID TO INDUSTRY
Better Products and Distribution
Are Among Subjects for
Discussion.

President Harding has invited all
nations to send official representa-
tiveS to the world dairy congress,
which will meet in Washington from
October = to ). Its object will be
TO get together and exchange the in
formation gained by the latest re-
milk products on national health. into
means of reducing the costs of pro-
duction and distribution while i'm
proving the quality of dairy products.
into the international economic prin-
cipleS bearing on the dairy industry
shd methods of sanitary control.
The meeting will have its finger
n every Americans pie, because 81
out Of every IS spent for food in
this country goes for milk, butter.
cheese or some other dairy product
The money caused to circulate in
America annually by the COW Is equal
~ amount to more than d third and
perhaps nearly d half of our Euro
Pean war loans. The Department OF
Agriculture and tho census bureau
figure the United States has around
33,000,O00 dairy cattle, and that their
products on the farms have value
annually of two and a half billion
dollars. 1t is estimated that from the
time the milk leaves the COW until
1t reaches the consumers in Various
forms its value has been enhanced
from 100 to 1000 per cent.
Dairy Cattle Figures.
Al the time of the last census, the
managers of 4,565,753 farms. IL per
cent of Americas 6.44S,366, with an
estimated value for land. buildings
and machinery of forty-eight billion
dollars. reported dairy cattle. 1t is
estimated that 100000 people, Il
quarter of the continental popula-
ton. live on the farms reporting
dairy cattle. There is 10 telling how
many people and how many dollars
are employed in conveying dairy
products from the farm to the dinner
table-or the ice cream center. 1t is
known that of the nearly ninety-nine
billion pounds of milk produced in
America in 1921 moro than forty
five billion pounds were used for
drinking or cooking purposes in the
homes and that forty-six and a half
btlion pounds were manufactured
into food--nearly thirty-six billion
p fnds going into butter alone
NJ lerica- The per capita consump-
tionA of milk in 1921 amounted to
42-N pounds, or forty-nine gallons,
a gain of f1fty-one and a half pounds,
The world dairy. congress repre-
sedts the first unified effort of the
twenty-three different branches Of
the dairy industry of America.
LIE HdIioHS Oh tIle "OTlO nave dC~
cepted the movement with great in
terest Not only will a large per-
centage of them be officially repre-
sented, but associations, institutions,
firms and many individuals will at
tend or send accredited representa-
tiveS. The International Dairy Fed
Grafton, which was formed at Brus-
sells twenty years ago to hold periodic
International dairy meetings, chiefly
Of scientific nature, in Europe, is
cooperating with the association
England. Canada and other countries
have appointed official world dairy
congress committees to organize dele
cations to the congress
Show at Syracuse.
Tho congress will be the first in
ternational dairy meeting to be held
anywhere since the outbreak Of the
world war.
After the congress sessions the
delegates and visitors will go to the
seventeenth annual national dairy
show at Syracuse. n. Y, from Oc-
tober to 13. The show is cross
, section Of the American dairy in
ldastry. with competitive exhibits of
dairy cattle and dairy products an
exposition Of la.bor-savinK machinery
and soisntido appliances.