Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-05
INTERNATIONAL
DAIRY CONGRESS
NEXT OCTOBER
Representatives Of All Nations
Invited By Harding To Ex-
change Views On Influence OF
Milk And Products, On Ma
tional Health.
SUBJECT REFLECTED
BY RESEARCH WORK

dsy The Associated Press.D
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mar. g.
President Harding has invited all ma
tions Co send official representative
10 the Worlds Dairy Congress. which
viii meet in Washington from Octo-
her to 5. It's object will be to get
together and exchange the informa-
ton gained by the latest research in
TO the influence OF milk and 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-
cirles hearing on the dairy industry
and methods OF sanitary control.
Great Value OF Dairy Products
Tho meeting will have it's finger IL
every Americans pie: locause 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 in
mount TO more than third and per-
haps nearly half of our European
war loans. The department OF agri-
culture and the census bureau figure
the United States has around $4,000
600 dairy cattle and that their PROD
nets on the farms have value an
nually Of two and a half billion dol
lrs. II is estimated that from the
time the milk leaves the COW till il
reaches the consumers in various
forms its value has been enhance I
f.om 100 to 1000 per cent
Percentage OF Dairy Cattle
At the time OF the last census, tho
managers of 4,565,753 farms, II per
cent of Americas 6.44S,S66. with am
estimated value for land. buildings
and machinery of As lillion dollars.
reported dairy cattle. 1t is estimate
that 25,000,000 people, quarter OF
the continental 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-or the ice
cream counter. II Is known that, OF
The nearly 80 billion pounds of mill,
produced in America in 1921, more
than 40 lillion pounds were used for
drinking or cooking purposes in the
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were manufactured into food-near-
ly SO billion pounds going into but
ter alone-most OF which was con
sumed in America. The per capita
consumption of milk in 1921 amount
ed to 421 1-2 pounds, or 40 gallons.
a gain of 81 IL pounds, or gal
Ions, for the year.
Vital Place OF Milk As Food
The Worlds Dairy Congress repre-
sents the first unified effort of the
70 different branches of the dairy in.
dustry of America The modern
knowledge of the vital place which
milk fills as a human food, especially
In the feeding of growing children,
was discovered about the time that
the World War broke out. The war
upset research programs and hinder
Cd the normal spread of knowledge.
After the war, the State Department
was asked to hold a Pan-American
garry meeting. 1t passed the pro-
rosal along to the Department of Ag-
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worlds Dairy Congress and suggest
cd to the dairy interests, represented
ut the National Dairy Show of 1920.
the formation of an organization to
manage the meeting. The Agricul-
tural Appropriation Bill. signed
March 3. 1921, authorized the Presi-
cent to invite foreign participation in
the Worlds Dairy Congress. In Nov
omter, 1921, the Worlds Dairy Con
sress Association, the organization
formed by Americas dairy interests
opened offices in Washington to he
near the Government departments.
All Nations Interested
The nations of the world have ac.
cepted the movement with great in
terest Not only will a large per.
centage of them be officially repre-
scented, hut 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 20 years ago to hold periodic in
ternational dairy meetings, chiefly Of
scientific nature. in Europe. is CO.
operating with the Association. Eng
land, Canada and other countries
have appointed official Worlds Dairy
Congress Committees to orgaai.
delegations to the Congress.
WIN Go To Dairy show
After the Congress sessions. the
delegates and visitors will go to the
18th annual National Dairy Show at
Syracuse, y. ", from October 6 to Is.
The Show is cross-section of the
American dairy industry with COM