The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-15
Dairy Congress


invited all nations to send official re-
representatives. to the Worlds Dairy Con-
CESS, which will meet in Washington
from October to 5. It's object will be
to get together and exchange the in
formation gained by the latest research
into the influence of milk and milk
products on national health, into means
of reducing the costs of production and
distribution while improving the quail
ity Of dairy products, into the interna-
tional economic principles bearing on
the dairy industry and methods of sani-
tary control.
The meeting will have its finger in
every Americans pie; because 81 out
of every SIS spent for food in this coun-
try goes for milk, butter, cheese, or
some other dairy product. The money
caused to circulate in America annually
by the cow is equal in amount to more
than third and perhaps nearly half
of our European war loans. The de-
partment of agriculture and the census
bureau figure the United States has
around 100000 dairy cattle and that
their products on the, farms have a
value annually of two and half mil
lion dollars. 1t is estimated that
from the time the milk leaves the COW
till it reaches the consumers in var
ious forms it's value has been enhanced
from 100 to 1000 percent.
At the time of the past census, the
managers of 4,565,753 farms, II percent
of Americas 6,448,366. with an estimat-
ed value for land, building and machin-
cry of 48 billion dollars, reported dairy
cattle. 1t is estimated that $4,000, 0G0
people, a quarter of the contin entail
population, live on the farms reporting
dairy cattle. There is no telling how
many people and how many dollars are
employed in conveying dairy products
from the farm to the dinner table-)r
the ice cream counter. 1t is known that,
of the nearly SO billion pounds of milk
produced in America in 1921, more than
40 billion pounds were used for drink
ing or cooking purposes in the homes
and that &c 1-2 billion pounds were
manufactured into food-nearly Sc bill
lion pounds going into butter alone -
most Of which was consumed in Amer
lea. The per capita consumption of
milk in 1921 amounted to 421 l.
pounds, or 40 gallons, gain of 81 IL
pounds, or gallons, for thelyear.
The Worlds Dairy Congress repre-
sents the first unified effort Of the
% different branches of the dairy in
dustry of America. The modern know
ledge OF the vital place which milk
fills as a human food, especially in the
feeding Of growing children, was dis
lowered about the time that the Word
War broke out. The war upset re-
search programs and hindered the nor
NAL spread Of knowledge. After the
war, the State Department was asked
to hold Pan-American dairy meeting.
1t passed the proposal along to the De-
partment of Agriculture, which decided
upon q Worlds Dairy Congress and
suggested to the dairy interests, repre-
scented at the National Dairy Show Of
1920, the formation of an organization
to manage the meeting. The Agricul-
tural appropriation bill, signed March
8, 1921, authorized the President to in
vite foreign participation in the
Worlds Dairy Congress, In November
1921, the Worlds Dairy Congress As
ISOLATION, the organization formed by
Americas dairy interests, opened Of
fees in Washington to be near the
Government departm ents.
The nations Of the world have ac-
cepted the movement with great inter-
est. Not only will large percentage
Of them be officially represented but as
sociations, institutions, firms and many
individuals will attend or send accred-
tied representatives The Information
al Dairy Federation, which was formed
at Brussels 20 years ago to hold pei
iodic International dairy meetings,
chiefly Of a scientific nature in Europe,
IS cooperating with the Association.
England, Canada and other countries
have appointed official Worlds Dairy
| Congress Committees to organize dele
cations to the Congress. the Congress