The Mankato free press., 1923-09-14
THAT DAIRY MEET
MANY INTERESTS TO BE
REPRESENTED
Great Congress Will Convene
In Washington, D. c.,
October 2 and 8

Many different interests will be
represented by the delegates from
thirty nine nations who will gather
at Washington, d. c. on October 2
and 3 to attend the opening sessions
OF the Worlds Dairy Congress. Man.
will come as representatives of for
eign governments in response to In
vitations from, our States depart
ment. The sessions will continue IA
Philadelphia Pa. on October and
at Syracuse. n. T., from October .
TO 10.
The ministries OF agriculture, III q
cludlng DAIRY departments, or MAJ
foreign governments will have reE-
resentatives at the sessions. Man.
foreign health departments Will send
delegates. 1t has been established
that milk and milk products hold >,
vital place in the human diet, par
ticularly in the diet of children
glllk is the chief source OF the vita
mines, which cause growth, 'protea
rom certain diseases and area liz +.
portant in\other respects. IL Is ai;s'
the chief food source of mineral
required to harden the bones al.
the teeth.
The agricultural and dairy /.
search institutions and association,
are interested in the Congress b.
cause OF the wealth Of new sciel,
tific data which will be presented u
it's sessions. A score or more Q.
these bodies will be representa-
SINCE the. last international dalr!
meeting, held just before the out
nP Tho uIny-Id war Craat All
vances have been made in every de
partment OF dairy science and pra2
tice, and the science OF human feed
ing has been revolutionized by mas
feeding experiments in the famin,
districts. The Congress will briuo
together the men and women WIZ
have personal knowledge Of the nen
things. ....
All the important dairy countr. p
of the world have dairy, farm AZ.
cattle breeding organizations, man
OF huge size and national impo
tance. Many are cooperative ara
sell as well as produce. All are In
serested in lessening costs and in
proving production. These Will %
represented by many delegate
Citations. affiliated with dairyint
will send delegates.
A number of the smaller and more
distant countries have assigned
members of their diplomatic stan !,
20 represent them. Woman will
among the national, institution ai;,
association Representatives and wives
and daughters will accompany nlaa
of the men delegates.
For the first time in the history
international dairy meetings, bus.
ness will have an equal standin !.
with science at the congress. T5r.
milk industry OF the world has been
facing the tremendous problem ps
World war changed the whole DAT
map. While the old dairy countris;5
are gradually recovering former
footing, they are finding themselyes
face to face with new competitors.
The southern hemisphere is ea
gagged in a struggle with the nortk
ern hemisphere for control of tts
international dairy markets. Ar
gentina New Zealand and Australia
are being supplemented in the
struggle by South Africa. All thesa
countries have great herds of cattls
and small human populations. Be
sides. all of them have turned 10
dairying for the purpose Of prodne
ing for export.
While the older dairy countries
such as Holland Sweden. France and
Switzerland, have about reached the
limit of their ability to produce,
these countries of the southern
.9isphere, though producing tire
mendous amounts OF dairy product
are only in the infancy of their pro
ductivity As their people are few
their home consumption of dairy
products is moderate, while coun
tries like the United States, though
perhaps producing more in volume
require more for home consump
ton.
Some idea of the curious economic
features Of the international dairy
situation may ge gained from the
facts that in 1922 the Union OF South
Africa, the newest dairy country.
shipped $4,000 pounds of butter to
Holland, for years one of the fore
most butter producers of the Old
World, and that the few hundred
thousand pounds of butter shipped
to this country by Denmark last
year kept our products OF 1,7S0000.-
600 pounds, OF butter constantly wor
rying about prices