The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-14
THE DRY LAW AND DAIRYING.

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just as soon as 1 sell my cow" said a
young man recently to Judge Williams
in the federal court for the eastern
district of Oklahoma.
you sell that COW and / will send
you to Jail for six months" replied
the judge. Keep the COW and drink
its milk instead of corn whisky. That
COW is worth more than all the whisky
in Johnston county"
Perhaps no one thus far has given
thought to any connection between
the dry law and dairying, says an
exchange, yet the fact that during the
first year of the operation of the
eighteenth amendment our per capita
consumption of milk in this country
increased from 43 to 40 gallons-a
rise of IA per cent, as revealed by
government figures just published
offers food for such thought, and at
the same time provides a really strong
argument for prohibition. For to re-
place class of beverages for which
even their most strenuous supporters
never claimed any constructive nut
ritive properties with the one drink
which, above all others, supplies the
nearest approach to a complete food |
is matter of tremendous meaning. |
And the figures for 1922, now avail
able, show a continued increase in
the consumption of milk and dairy
products.
With more than 100000 COWS on
the job last year, we produced in this
country II, 500,000,OOO gallons Of milk,
and the total value of this enormous
output exceeded $4,000, 600, 000-more
than $10O,OOO,OO in excesssaof the
value of our corn crop and $600,000,- ,
900 beyond that of our hay and forage
crops. OF this Niagara of milk as
someone has termed it, 46 per cent :
was used in the homes Of the nation,
and As per cent in the manufacture
OF butter, cheese and other milk pro- !
duets. The calves of the country took a
care of per cent and s per cent was
Wasted-this last figure representing I
a loss of some $50, 100000 gallons. IL
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We would call attention to the ex- L
cerpts published elsewhere in this :
paper from an address delivered by p
the veteran agricultural expert, Far h
mer Smith. Mr.. Smith knows what 1
good farming is and what life on the :,
farm can be made. and takes a legi- Il
innate rap at those who would dis
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the politicians program, since time
to foster discomfort =
among this class. or that, which may
predominate in his district. 1t is true 3
that for the past few years the far G
mer has had decidedly the worst of q
the deal, but it is 1>ossible that many p
farmers, just as many business men, s.
have not taken advantage OF their g
to the full. Anyway, p
life on the farm has it all over life s.
he farmer, or politician, who breaches
discomfort to the farmer, is not by
any means the farmers best friend.
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Still the reports come of devastat-
ing floods and wind storms through
out the east and south, while in the
Palouse country we are getting sum
shine and rain sufficient to bring :.
vegetation on apace and with danger tt
to life or property unthought Of 1t ri
is only lack of knowledge of the ps
of climate and soil west y,
of the Rockies. we feel safe in say VI
ing, that keeps every eighty acres OF lth
land in the PaIouse country from hav- Dc
ing a family on it. and keeps towns w
by a country such as sur ri
rounds Moscow from being cities of lcl
twenty thousand population. VI
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Senator W. E. Borah of this state,
In an interview given out in Chicago, &C
a day or two ago, made it very plain ~
that he is not going to leave the re- ~
publican party for any third party in
and that he will seek re- 70
nomination in his home state through III
he regular channels OF his party. 10
Those who favored third party prob ha
ably looked upon Senator Borah rs iar
heir best bet, and his statement, in 70
Ill probability eliminates entirely any re
rational third party movement.
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