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Some Changes that may Influence the Dairy Production Business of the Future^*

Chairman American Dairy Science Association Committee on Post-War Dairy Production

ABSTRACT

There will probably be tremendous developments in agriculture after the war which will involve changes not only in our general agricultural scheme but also in dairy farming. We have already overcropped much of our land and abused and neglected our natural resources of soil fertility. Now we must begin to cover "overdrawn checks" and build up a balance. These deposits will increasingly be in soil conservation measures such as erosion prevention and putting down more land to grass to hold and build soils.

When we increase our grasslands, what is the logical outcome? Farm animals make use of pasture, hay, and other grassland roughages. A dairy cow can handle a larger proportion of this type of feed in her daily ration than any other farm animal and she also can produce more potential human food from a given amount of digestible nutrients than any other farm animal. The increase in grasslands and the increase in dairy cows have already set the stage for an expanding dairy production.

^* Report prepared for the 1945 meeting of the American Dairy Science Association which was cancelled because of war travel and housing conditions.