HAMILTON’S NEW FEED BUNKER
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JUST ONE OF THE MANY NEW WRINKLES always turning up
in the dairy business is this fibreglassed feed bunker. Har
lan Hamilton, right, one of the leading dairymen in the
Matanuska Valley, shows Lew Hanks, left, Cooperative
Extension Service Agent, and Jim Matthews, Program
Leader with the University of Alaska's Extension Service,
his idea of a feed bunker that will stand up under wear
and weather. The bottom of the bunker is exterior ply
wood with a fiberglass coating
(Photo Couresty of Cooperative Extension Service)
A Toast
to the
Dairy
Farmer
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DAIRY
Deeply appreciative of his importance as an integral part of
our local economy, we warmly salute the Dairy Farmer for
his indispensable contribution to the progress and prosperity
of this area, and welcome the opportunity to meet all of his
financial needs with a complete banking service.
PALMER, ALASKA
DAILY 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. - OPEN THURSDAY EVENINGS 6 - 8 P.M.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sec. of Agriculture
Cites Government
Dairy Observance
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman today urged
all Americans to enjoy the
benefits of plentiful milk and
dairy products, in calling at
tention to the dairy industry’s
27th annual “June is Dairy
Month” observance.
In 1963, milk production may
reach a level of about 126 bil
lion pounds, or enough to sup
ply every man, woman and
child in the United States with
about a quart of milk a day, the
Secretary pointed out. Every
State in the Union produces
milk, and dairying accounts for
about 14 percent of total farm
income.
“The peak milk production
month of June is a particularly
appropriate time to pay tri
bute to the efficiency of the
Nation’s dairymen in supply
ing this abundance of healthful
dairy foods every month of the
year,” he said.
“Milk is fundamental in any
well-balanced diet, and better
diets and better health in gen
eral have helped our children
grow more vigorous and stur
dy. At the same time milk of
fers our other citizens their
best and most economical
source of calcium as well as a
good source of protein, the
building block of life,” Secre
tary Freeman emphasized.
In recognition of the dairy
industry’s contribution to Am
erican diets and American
agriculture, the USDA is
wholeheartedly and actively
endorsing the “June is Dairy
Month” effort, Secretary Free
man said.
MORE USEFUL LIFE
By wearing false teeth a cow
will regain lost weight and
have several more years of use
ful life. Sweden does a thriv
ing business exporting steel
dentures for cows.
Milk Goes lo Consumer
Farm Fresh, by Modern
Distribution Systems
From the time milk leaves
the cow until it is delivered to
the housewife, either to her
back porch, or to her cart at the
supermarket’s dairy case, milk
is under constant refrigeration.
The milk flows from the cow
through stainles steel pipes to
a refrigerated storage tank in
the dairy barn. This milk is
promptly cooled to 60 degrees
or below until it is transported
by refrigerated tank truck to
the processor.
During production and deliv
ery, the milk is under refriger
ation. This assures the consum
er of a quality dairy product
and also enables dairies to
transport milk great distances
safely.
The quality control of Grade
A milk is greatly aided by re
frigeration. In addition, how
ever, the sanitary quality of
milk depends chiefly upon the
effectiveness of a farm sanita
tion program. This program is
effective only when a close
working relationship exists be
tween the field sanitarian and
the milk producer.
It is the function of the field
sanitarian to see that the basic
fundamentals of producing
milk of superior quality are
followed:
The cows should be clean
i and healthy.
They should be milked in
clean surroundings.
All utensils with which milk
comes in contact must be of
approved construction and
properly cleaned and sanitiz
ed.
It has been established that
systematic routine laboratory
testing is essential to the suc
cess of a quality-control pro.
gram. The wide-spread use of
refrigeration is a basic part of
any quality-control program
to assure consumers of the fin
est dairy products.
Keeping a daily supply 0f
dairy foods in the nation’s
stores, restaurants, and homes
requires the services of more
than two million people.
Cow Is Efficient Animal
Producing Nature's
Nearly Perfect Food
The cow is one of the most
efficient and useful factories
man has ever developed. Thro
ugh her unusual assembly line
of four stomachs, she can eat
and digest grasses that man
himself cannot consume. She
converts the grass and grain
into what has been described
as “nature’s most nearly per
fect food.”
In the United States today
there are some one million
farms on which dairying is at
least part of the enterprise
Dairy farming is one kind of
agriculture found in each of the
50 states.
In 1962 the average number
of milk cows is estimated at
17,086,000. This is five million
fewer milk cows than in 1950.
but the average milk produc
tion per cow has increased from
5,314 pounds to 7,370 pounds in
the 12-year period.
American dairy farmers keep
five major breeds of dairy cows
and also one dual purpose
breed which is used for both
milk and beef production
We Salute the
Dairy Farmers
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