The importance of dairying to the County of Cache and the State of Utah was shown today in some figures compiled by Prof. G. Alvin Carpenter assistant director of Utah Extension Service.

Yearly dairy income in Cache County is about $3,648,000 during the past couple years. Total farm income reaches about $15 million. Thus, dairying accounts for more than 38 percent of all agricultural income.

Highest In Utah

Incidentally, Cache County's total dairy figure is highest in the state. Only other counties which come close to the Cache $5 1/2  million are Box Elder with $2,273,000 Salt Lake County with $2,072,000, Utah County $3,420,000 and Weber, $2,248,000.

Thus, Cache veritably is the dairyland of Utah.

After compiling annual reports of extension dairy manufacturing specialist and consulting with dairy leaders throughout the state, Prof. Carpenter presented these selected items of importance: There were 115,000 milk cows and heifers over two years old on farms in Utah as of January 1 this year.

Average value per head is $160. Thus, total farm value of dairy cows and heifers throughout the state is $18,400,000.

Cash receipts from butter, cream and milk sold in a year were about 27 1/2 million. Estimated cash receipts from the sale of dairy cows and calves in a year is nearly $14 million.

Total of $41 Million

The total cash sales of dairy cattle and products for Utah in a year is more than $41 million.

It is estimated that more than $3 million worth of milk and milk products are consumed on farms during a year therefore, the total value of dairy farm production in Utah is more than $44 million.

By pounds and gallons, here is the state dairy picture for a year:

Milk produced, 673 million pounds; ice cream, 2,741,000 gallons; sherbet, 99,000 gallons; butter, 4,465,000 pounds; cheese, 10,233,000 pounds; cottage cheese, 4,776,000 pounds; evaporated milk, 60,119,000, pounds; nonfat-dried milk solids, 4,783,000 pounds; and ice milk, 640,000 gallons.

Grade A Rise

Grade A milk statistics also are impressive. During the year there were 54 million pounds consumed on Utah farms; 19 million pound sold retail by individual farmers; 295 million pounds of grade A milk sold to Utah plants by our farmers; 25 million pounds exported by Utah plants, and 61 million pounds diverted to manufacture of other products.

Prof. Carpenter pointed out that there are an estimated 3000 dairy plant employees in Utah, with a payroll of more than $10 million.

There are 12,000 farmers supplying milk to dairy plants with 1500 being grade A products.

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