Dairying is a major source1 of Virginia's agricultural in-

Dairying is a major source1 of Virginia's agricultural in- j come. In 1967, cash receipts from the sale of milk and cream from farms totaled over $93 million, an all-time high—topping the previous high reached in 1966 by 5 per cent. Processing and distribution added over $100 million to this. With the receipts from the sale of dairy beef and veal, Virginia’s total income from the dairy Industry exceeds $200 million annually. In Virginia, increases have occurred in production per cow, production per farm and the percentage of all milk produced that i6 sold from the farm. In 1967, nearly 90 per cent of all milk produced on farms was sold. Twenty years ago, about 63 per cent of Virginia milk was sold. For the past decade annual production of milk has been declining. The 1,776 million pounds produced in 1967 was 14 per cent below the record high of 2,055 million pounds for 1957. This loss was almost entirely in production of milk for farm use. Today we have very few "farm" milk cows with most milk animals now in commercial dairy herds. In 1967 only 10 per cent of the milk produced was used on producing farms whereas 20 year6 ago almost 4 times as much milk was used on farms. In 1967, Virginia Grade A producers numbered 2,350. At present the ba lance of fluid milk supply and demand within Virginia is satisfactory. However, if pres ent trends continue, fluid milk supplies may be inadequate in the near future. There are a total of 6,800 Virginia dairy farms producing milk for manufacturing pur poses. These dairymen produce about 18 per cent of the milk that is sold from Virginia farms.