the average yield in the last year ofthe period. Actual of people in the various age-groups in our present
production of burley tobacco has come within the population. While the total number of people in the
._ limits of poundage to be expected from total acreage United States has increased about 6% million since
allotted in only one year in the last seven (Fig. 2). I952, the number in the group from 20 to 44 years old
Q- has remained practically unchanged. Persons in this .
i _ _ _ 7 age-group probably have a higher rate of cigarette con-
‘ why h°S °'g°r€H.° C°nsumPh°" d°°lm°d‘ sumption than those in any other age-group, and prob-
This question has, of course, a very important bear- ably a higher percentage of them smoke. During the
ing upon the future of the tobacco industry. Un- five years before 1952, the ntnnber of persons in this
K fortunately, no one knows for sure what the answer is. age-group 20 to 44 increased 4 percent. lt seems logical
* Several explanations, however, are possible, and no to assume, then, that because of this shift in relative _
, doubt each of them is involved to a greater or lesser ages of our population there would be at least a
' degree in the reasons for the decline. slackening—ofl` of cigarette consumption during the past
A Perhaps the most widely offered explanation is the two years. As to the future, it seems likely that there
much publicized controversy as to whether cigarette will be o11ly a very slow increase in ntnnber of people
1 smoking may be a contributing cause of lung cancer. aged 20 to 44 between now and l960—only about 0.4 ,
y Undoubtedly many persons have reacted to this con- percent. After 1960, the increase is expected to be
T troversy by reducing their consumption of cigarettes more rapid.
T or quitting smoking altogether. Research on this clues- Still other factors in the decline in cigarette con-
2 tion is currently under way by an independent to- sumption tnay be the recent increases in state and
' bacCo—industry group, and the outcome of this re- federal taxes on cigarettes, and the use of king—siZ€
search will almost certainly have a strong influence and filter—tip cigarettes. The present federal tax is 8
* on future trends in cigarette consumption. cents per pack and some states levy additional taxes of
*_ Another factor in the situation may be the number from 1 to 8 cents per pack.
5
” DRY CALF STARTERS
for ra1s111g dairy herd 1·eplaee111e11ts
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·   By C. A. Lassiter and D. M. Seath, Dairy Section
•l Raising high-tluality herd replacements, and doing whole milk normally fed to calves. .\ calf raised on
it economically, is one of the keys to successful dairy- whole milk requires I,000 to I,200 pounds of milk,
ing. The most critical period in the future milking while those raised with calf starter need only |75 to
cow`s life is her first 12 to lli weeks. lf she gets off to 250 pounds of whole milk in addition to the starter.
" a good start as a calf, comes through this critical \\’ith the starter, good herd replacements can be
* period healthy and vigorous, with good growth, her raised much more economically than is possible with
" chances of growing into a prohtable milk cow are whole or skinnnilk. This is especially true for herds
. ° pretty good. from which graded milk is sold.
V As an aid to dairymen in growit1g good herd re-
A placements economically, the lientucky Agricultural R€Pl¤€€m€|’\* of d|'l€d Sklmmllk
r Experiment Station has experimented in the develop- ln the calf starters connnonly found on the market
m€11L of various dry calf starters to replace part of the the most expensive ingredient is dried skimmilk. l)ried
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