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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
12
Mary J recounts her tenure as Iowa Dairy Princess highlighting opportunities to promote Iowa dairy farms and products. The record lists numerous events and appearances across Des Moines Pella Vilisoe Orange City and other towns including farm tours banquets open houses and farm visits.
A USDA spokesman says 1964 was a banner year for U S dairy exports and 1965 should rise further. Butter and nonfat dry milk drove the gains, helped by the 1962–63 winter, with Europe showing strong demand amid population growth and rising incomes.
An official description compares U S milk production to a 3000 mile river of milk, filling 40 by 3 by 0.0 feet bottles and reaching from Boston to San Francisco. It notes European demand shift to livestock products and urges recognizing world sales potential for cultured butter.
Mary Ver Meer of Iowa, known as Dairy Princess, has built a full year of appearances across Des Moines, Waterloo, and Pella while promoting milk. She balanced duties with Central College, recounts a foggy road rescue episode, and prepared for the National Dairy Princess contest in Chicago after months of Farm Bureau events and TV appearances.
June Dairy Month activities list for Mary Iowa's Dairy Princess spans June 3 to June 28 across Coralville Evansdale Oelwein Sibley Clarion Marion Bettendorf Atlantic Cresco and more. Events include parades banquets luncheons live TV shows and a Chicago National Dairy Princess Contest.
A discussion notes that the heart of the economy lies in the 6.8 million people working on farms. It defines this group as adults over 21 living in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, highlighting agriculture as fundamental to state economies.
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