“Governor Proclaims June Dairy Month” from the June 16, 1944 Door County Advocate
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS JUNE DAIRY MONTH
The dairy industry is meeting its production responsibilities with a determination that will help to shorten the war, Acting Gov, Walter S. Goodland asserted in proclaiming June as Dairy Month. The proclamation stated:
“The war has emphasized the importance of dairy products in the diet. Foods most in demand to win the war include cheese, butter, and milk in various other forms.
“These evidences of the dairyman’s increased war production are helping to build the morale and physical fitness of the United Nations’ fighting forces and civilian populations. They are among the foods considered vital to the health and efficiency of war workers.
“Milk contains all the elements needed by the human body—energy-giving calories, muscle building protein, valuable minerals and vitamins. As the leading dairy state, Wisconsin is called upon to make the greatest volume of this nutritious product available, and each year since the outbreak of the war it has achieved record productions of milk and dairy manufacturers.
“Production of dairy products for the military forces is very great. In addition, Wisconsin is providing 32% of the American cheese, about 25% of the powdered milk, nearly 50% of the evaporated milk, and large quantities of butter for Lend-Lease, the Red Cross, and emergency purposes. The dairy industry is meeting its responsibilities with a determination that will assist in shortening the war.
“Now, therefore, I, Walter S. Goodland, Acting Governor of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby proclaim and designate the month of June as DAIRY MONTH and urge ‘the citizens of this state to join with me in publicly recognizing the efforts of our dairymen as vital to victory.’”
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
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