60 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



ture. For growing children, who need large quantities of 

 protein and carbohydrates, 2 quarts of skim milk would sup- 

 ply more of these constituents and more ash than 1 quart of 

 whole milk. . . . Many families who are in the habit of 

 drinking whole milk and buying cream would doubtless be 

 quite as well oif if the top of the milk, say two or three 

 inches in a quart bottle, were poured into the cream instead 

 of the milk pitcher; the milk ought still to be far from thin 

 and blue, and there would be a marked saving in the cost of 

 cream." 



" The commonly accepted standard for a man at moder- 

 ately active muscular work calls for .28 pounds of protein 

 and a fuel value of 3,500 calories per day, so that a lunch 

 of 1 pint skim milk and ^ pound of bread furnishes very 

 nearly one-third of a day's nutriment, and at a cost of but 

 5 cents. If whole milk were used instead of skim milk, the 

 cost woidd be about 7 cents, and the fuel value 1,080 calories, 

 while the protein would remain the same in amount; " and 

 added to this is the further fact that the presence of milk in 

 human diet increases the digestibility and food value of all 

 other food consumed by about 5 per cent. 



Reviewing the situation, then, we see that milk as a food 

 for infants and young children is almost indispensable, and 

 in reasonable quantities is an economical food for adults ; 

 that the consumers are demanding something that they are 

 not yet willing to pay for ; and that the producers are com- 

 manded to do something which they cannot do and stay in 

 the business. 



By co-operation last winter you did some good work, and 

 the whole country, the consumers not excepted, respect you 

 the more for it. Is the time not now ripe for a broader co- 

 operation, one which shall reach all producers, contractors, 

 health officials and milk consumers in New England and 

 New York ? Is it not time for the dairy associations of these 

 States to join hands, first with each other, then with those 

 of contractors and others, for the purpose of placing before 

 the consumers of milk the facts regarding the true value of 

 milk ; to keep placing it before them until the opposition to 



