Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1931 — Page 24

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DAIRYING IS ONE OF OLDEST INDUSTRIES (Continued from Page 17) notion 307, greater than the next largest, which is Minnesota. then comes New York, lowa, and Illinois. Illinois' production is a little less than half that of Wisconsin. It is also interesting to note that twothirds of the cheese produced In the United States is made in Wisconsin. At the present, the production of dairy products in the United States does not meet the demand, large importations being made from Canada. Denmark, etc. This applies of course principally to butter, cheese and powdered milk. Production in the United States ts being “stimulated by very good work which is being carried 0:1 by the Department of Daily Husbandry of the United States Department of Agriculture co-operatin: with producers and distributors. There is also a department of this kind in practically every state university. In addition to th s" ag nicies some of the trade associations have departments whose business 1 it is to assist the producers. The Division of Dairy Husband ry of the Department of Agriculture I maintains a very fine expe imen tai station on the outskirts of Washington D. C. consisting of two farms which are well worth the time spent in visiting them, and to. which large numbers of producers and distributors travel each year to see and profit by what has been accomplished by this most efficient department in the care of cows Everything pertaining to the breed ing of better stock, increased prod action of milk and better quality of product are here studied by experts and the information pertain ing thereto distributed to interest- J ed individuals and organizations ; through pamphlets and by mean: of lectures that are given at the experimental station almost con tinuously. It is. however, an unfortunate fact that the appropia Mon by our government for this department is woefully small and insufficient. There is also a great deal of constructive research and development work now being done for the dairy industry by National Dairy Products Corporation, which has on its staff such well-known scientists as Dr. McCollum, 1 cognized as the foremost authority on food in the World, Dr. Louis I. Harris, famous for his work for the better ment of milk ami noted sanitarian. Dr. Shrader of Baltimore, noted for his research work, and others. I do not need to dwell on the value of dairy products as a food. The average American family spend 20 cents out of every food dollar for dairy products, receiving therefore. however. 38% of food value tor the money spent. Dairy product ' constitute the lowest cost per po-' end of tlie food elements that are required for health. The preparation of dairy product from the time the milk is received from the cow is very interesting and surrounded by all manner of safeguards by both the United States government and state and local governments. The states, for instance, pursue a very rigid course of inspection of all farms producing milk, the country receiving stat ins and creameries, the temperatures at which milk is shipped, etc When milk is received from the

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Kiner’s Confectionery • 1 4 OB ... & IsSsSim kit for a king, owned and operated by a King and serving ice! cream that would tickle a King's taste—the Elgin King confectionery m \i.;i Wert. Ohio. Mr. King sells Cloverleaf Tasty ice cream in his' intci-tiem-ry and is one of the largest buyers from the Decatur plant. Mr. King formerly lived in Dpcatur. Rochester Branch Plant i

The above picture shows the Rochester. Ind., station branch of the Huntington plant of the Cloverleaf farmer at the country station it Is' weighed and tested for butter fat and the farmer paid for same on the basis of the agreed price, which is posted prominently at the receiving station. It then goes through various processes such as seperat-. ing the cream from the fluid milk I where required. The fluid milk by the way. which is delivered to your homes, has a butter fat content of * approximately i', 1 -. ..’The product is then pasteurized, which means heating it to a temperature of from 145 degrees to 1G" degre-s and holding It there for thirty minutes, this i being -a necessary precaution to eliminate any bacteria that may have been in the product. It is then run ov -r cooling coils, bringing the temperature down to around 50 degrees. after which it is placed in cans or tank cars for shipment to ! the distributing stations. Th« municipal authorities in all our large cities also have large forces of inspectors who are constantly checking up on the country ' plants as well as on the farms and I no milk can be brought into the cities unless these faims and receiving stations have certificates from the health authorities, which ' are revocable at any time without I notice if. in the judgment of the health officials, the conditions stir- ! rounding the plants are not desirable. Producers are paid for their milk on several different bases. In some

Creameries, Inc. Frank Robb Is manager of the place. I districts; which are designated as i cheese districts, for intance, where 1 ' large cheee plants are located, pro- ! ducers are paid on a so-called cheese basis, which is determined I by the wh ilesale price of cheese in large cent-cs like Chicago or New I York. Also there are so-called but-' ter districts and fluid milk districts where the price is based on the ; wholesale price of butter on the point basis, that is so much per point < f butter fat contained in the milk, in some sections of the country where the spread between the producer an.l consumer price is greatest the producers will receive approximately 5 cents per quart for their product and the consumer pays 14 cents. This is one of the things that is hard forth ■ produci er to acept but it is a condition that is practically beyond the control of the distributor, union wages and high costs of transportation in the la g? cities being the principal'facI tors. Co-operative marketing has been i tried to overcome this condition but without muJlt success. There have been many co-operative marketing organizations, mostly pro- ■ moted by the people outside of the I industry whose interest was entir ly selfish, and the record of faiI lures is a lengthy one. One of the largt st of these types of marketing I organizations in the east for some | years paid the producers in scrip : instead of cash, therefore those pro- > I duce s who were members of the

organization were not as well off as if marketing their own product. Os recent years the tariff on ] dairy products has helped the I American producer considerably i and there are possibilities that . this tariff wall will be further ■ strengthened during the next ad- • ministration. I A question you often hear ask“d is Has prohibition helped the dairy industry’’ and the answer is frankly "Yes.” Before prohibition it was considered as a sign of either de- , bilitated health or mind in a man if he was seen drinking milk, and so far as ice cream soda was concerned it just was not done except by very young men who would do | anything to make a hit with a lady, I or a very old one who had got beyond the time when a soda could help him very much in his amorous a fairs. What a change has taken place! While I have no statistics on the subject I believe if the truth were known that more milk and 1 ice cream is consumed now by men : than women. • I The increase in ice cream consumption in the past ten years has helped the dain producer immeas- ’ urably. It produces a very fine balance for the industry, owing to the fact that ice cream consumption Is greatest during the summer months when milk consumption is at a low ebb. Over 65% of the ice cream consumed per year is consumed 1n four summer months. The ice cream industry in a commercial way has a history of practically seventy-seven years. You can all remember the time not so long j ago when ice cream was consumed almost entirely on festival occas- : ions such as the Fourth of July, i warm Sundays when we had com-, pany to dinner, etc. Now it is a product of daily consumption both summer and winter, and I do not need to dwell upon the change that

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j has taken place before your eyes 1 in the soda fountain business. Ice i Cream has taken the place of al- ; most every other dessert of the | everage American family. Grown- ; ups as well as children eat it for 1 lunch and in between meals and the number of cones that are consumed annually makes a staggering total There is every reason why ice cream should be made an important part of the food intake of every ■ individual. In addition to the well- .' known food properties contained I in milk, which is one of the principal products used in the making of ice cream, which makes for growth and general well being such as lime, calcium and phosphate, there is also in ice cream pure sugar. eggs, fruits, etc. The total investment in the ice cream industry is in excess of *500,000,000. The principal dairy products such as milk, ice cream, butter, cheese, etc., are well (known to everyone, but the large amount of ' by- products such as milk sugar, casein, etc., are not so well known. One lowly by-product such as butj termilk, both powdered and semiI solid, is sold in very large quantities and at a good profit back to the farmers as food for hogs and chickens. Buttons resembling bone

■ • *. — t t v v \v- - • — '• • • • • ‘ • 1 * - I W f * I > —l b 1 > ' ■ \ ' t®L-. I SF* i “1\ y' W 1 in , fi® 11 4 J, T rUin ■ £ < ® ■ —Hr < . raw- —i-B -m hbmK •*rar«lSWr"-‘> WaKJBHV d»■ 111 p ■ Ivslm / Qi ... fjL .. - -JMml . I ... -r-H-Jki-.' * B .SBUHr — „ HOME OF THE FRED MUTSCHLER PACKING COMPANY. DECATVR. IND. The Fred Mutschler Packing Co. ? E UJL_ — offers a ready cash market to the livestock raisers in this territory IV JR... ’’ < Xz . 1 r p HE Mutschler Packing Company is always in the * market for live stock, cattle, sheep, hogs, and we al ways pay the highest market price. We ask you to get in touch with us or one of our livestock buyers or call ‘ % our office when you want to sell. I cloverleaf Pork and Beef Packers ; DAIRY DAY I oclSJerh Sausage and Ice Manufacturers I , You are invited to We cover a wide territory of about 70 miles square. Our targe fleet of . attend this big trucks make daily deliveries of fresh, wholesome meats, specially prepar- , ed in our own sanitary and modern plant — and in the inimitable Dav and we know Mutschler way. you will enjoy it. Our Ice Plant furnishes a large portion of the Ice used in the manufacture of Cloverleaf Ice Cream. | Fred Mutschler Packing Company DEMAND MUTSCHLER’S MEATS

( and toilet accessories which have i a better appearance than celluloid - and a variety of other articles too ’ numerous to mention are made - from casein. The figures quoted previously of I the value of dairy products do not ' include the value of materials fab- ' ricated from by products, and a nother item which 1 would like to 1 mention is the fact that the Dairy and Ice Cream Machinery and Supplies Association through its members sell to the dairy industry each I year approximately 890,000.000. 1 ■ worth of equipment and supplies. ' The dairy industry seems to me to be destined in the next decade 1 for greater progress than in the i ■ past.” o . ! May Still Be Polluted The bureau of agricultural engt ( neering says that the mere fait Hiat > water Is cold, appears clear and i tastes all right Is not sufficient evl i ■ derive to Indicate that It may not be polluted by disease germs o Apt Comparison I There never was any |>arty, faction. sect, or cabal whatsoever. In j which the most Ignorant were not I the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.— ■ I Pope.

MONROE NEWS 11 ! < Mr. Lee Miller of Decatur Ralph i Row of Monroeville, Miss Aleta . Hahnert and Lonna Hahuert motor- ! ed to Hartford City on Sunday and : spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. | Donald Hahnert. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley and Mrs Frank Leichty and son Donald of Decatur called on Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist on Wednesday evening. Mr. Ira Wagoner attended the funeral of Mr. Daniel Beeler at Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. R J. Meyers spent Wednesday in Fort Wayne. M s. H E. Forrar spent Thursday in Decatur. Mr. Fred Foster attended to business in Urbana Ind., on Wednesday. Mrs. Amos Brandyberry and ' Mrs. Otho Lobenstein visited relatives in Decatur on Tuesday. Mr Har.y Hageard of Pontiac Michigan and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse | Erpp were the dinner guests of Mr. ami Mrs. W. F. McKean on j Friday. Mrs. Martin Huffman and son Doyle and Mrs. Forest Andrews motored to Winchester Ind on Wednesday ami spent the day with Mr. i

and Mrs. A. D. Crist. Mrs. Harve Resin and daughters Gloria ami Mrs. Howard Sprunger L of Berne visited Mrs. Satara Sou ! ders on Wednesday evening. ( o Really a Muskmelon The use of the term ••euntaloui>e’ has become synonymous with the term “mnskmelon.” commercially I Technically, however, the cantn loupe Is only one variety of muskmelon. O World'e Ulanda It Is esilmnted that Islands occu py about 1.91U.1HK1 square miles of the area of the earth's surface whose total Is estimated at likl. j U-IO.IMX) square miles Costly 111 Temper "De num dal gits mud easy,’’ said ' Uncle Ehen, "is llab'e to was'e s. much energy on his Indigestion dm tie ain't got enough lef p> make om I any kin' oh alignment;.’—Washing ton Star Ancient Chime Bells The Etude says that some of the most perfect chime bells In the : world are sever.i. hundred years - old. and were imide In the Seven teenth century by Van den Gheyns. Duiuery oi I lemony I

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