—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18. 1967
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on <a -per capita basis, repine- -well. Trends in per-capita milk ly 6.9 quarts a week per per*
senltied 32 mere quarts olf milk prouctioin nates generally were sOn. In 1965 ilt to
n_ r\£ p; if TV/|*l|_ Ql._4.__, a year pci person. ooinlinairy to -those that devel- 301 quarter, or aim average oC
Jr cl* une Ul rive Ivey IVlllK That in. itself was a unique oped here and in other major 6.8 quirts a week.
P-„ TnenaaeAß accomplishment, especila% iln dairy states. In those 15 years, each iio*
Jr cr L/aplla rrOUUCLIOII increases light Of population growth. Per capita production in the dividual’s proportionate shatn*
32 More Quarts The nation as a whole and United States in 1950 amount- (Continued on Page 17)
The increase in production, -many states did not fare" as ed to 360 quarts, approximate-
Pdninbyhvniia occupies a uni
que position in relation to our
counWy's da;;y industiy, ac-
cording to agi icuMune seore
t.wy L. H Bull
It is one of five key milk
pioducing states strategically
located to seive manor popu
lation cent ms of the United
States Pennsylvania and
New York in the East, Min
nesota and Wisconsin im the
Mid-West, and California m
the Fa. V\ cst
Togclhei, these five states
pioduce about 45 peicclnlt
at most hall of the nation's
nnlk supply Bull noted
In 1950, when the impact olf
poi{-Wi.a agucul'tiuai change
began to m„ke itself felt, Penm
sjhanra i.inked sixth among
the 48 states rn milk produc
tion By 1005. it had taken over
fifth place in the ranking ifiom
lowa. ris a lesult of a 24 per
cent men ease nn the amount
of mik pioduced annually
The mciease boosted output
from 5 6 bilLon pounds to 7 2
bill,on pounds
Per Capita Comparison
The i eal significance of this
increase cannot be fully ap
pie-cilated, howevei, unless pro
duct lon and population are
complied rn am individual ba
sis, the M’crstoiy said
In. 1950. total production of
5 6 bilLoii pounds msaint that
Pemmsylvanw data yin en pro
duced enough milk to provide
eveiy mam. woman and child
nn the store with 249 quants.
Reduced to am even mo l r e sim
ple compauson, ft meant 48
quai ts a week foil each person.
By 1965 milk production in
the slate had unit only kept
pace With population. growth;
it had exceeded it To'tiaH pro
duction that yeialr (72 bffili'on
pounds) was equivalent to 281
qua- 'ts of niitk for each nesi
denit of the Common 1 wealth—
orsB quails a vie ok for eveiy
person-
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