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sarily mean tliat the factories of loAva manufacture only 5 per 

 cent of the milk consumed, but the fact remains" that our whole- 

 sale houses are at present buying 95 per cent of their condensed 

 milk outside the state. Figures compiled by the United States 

 Food Administration show that the United States is now export- 

 ing sixteen times as much condensed milk as during the three 

 years before the war and over sixteen times the amount of cheese. 

 The significance of these figures to Iowa dairymen is that if Iowa 

 is to do her share in helping to furnish dairy products, she must 

 not only increase the production of milk so that she can supply 

 her own demands, but she must also increase production so that 

 she can help supply milk for the ever increasing demand for ex- 

 port purposes. This means that Iowa will have to put forth an 

 effort to secure enough milk to operate fifty additional cheese 

 factories and a sufficient number of condenseries to turn out 

 285,000 cases of condensed milk before she can attempt to furnish 

 surplus cheese and milk for export. 



The manufacture of cheese in this state is not gaining as fast 

 as we had hoped. In fact, the make is less than it was for the 

 same period last year. The total make for the year being 596,639 

 pounds. Due to the advance in the price of the product the value 

 is considerably more. We are pleased to note an increase in the 

 number of factories. However, some factories had discontinued 

 operating. New factories not starting until later in the season 

 explains in a measure the decrease in make. 



The increase in the number of cheese factories is due to the 

 efforts of D. J. Murph}^ of "Waukon, Iowa, who has established 

 ten new factories in Allamakee county. Mr. Murphy's idea in 

 establishing factories in this county is that he considers the 

 hilly portion better adapted to dairying than any other line of 

 agriculture. We believe Mr. Murphy's idea is a good one and 

 hope during the coming season to be able to use his undertaking 

 as a good example to be worthy of the careful consideration of 

 various communities in Southern Iowa which are especially well 

 suited to pasture and dairying. In communities where there are 

 not enough cows to support a creamery (less than two hundred, 

 there are a number of these communities in Southern Iowa), we 

 hope to see cheese factories located and will do everything possible 

 to help them. 



