MILK-PROCESSING INDUSTRY AS DESCRIBED IN SOVIET DAIRY INDUSTRY JOURNAL

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 15, 1954
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Milk-Processing Industry as Described in Soviet
Dairy Industry Journal
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1. The Soviet journal Molotchnaya Pro shlennost (Dairy industry) is a semi-technical
monthly magazine devoted primarily to the m lk.processing aspects of dairy industry,
rather than to milk production or animal husbandry. Its purpose is to increase the
quantity'and quality of products derived from milk. Since demand for such products
far exceeds production in the USSR, the major emphasis is upon quantity. There are
no surpluses to worry about in the USSR. Most of the articles are devoted to
techniques to improve the efficiency of production. Suggestions from workers for
time saving improvements are constantly encouraged, and workers who consistently
produce above normal receive public recognition in the pages of the Journal.
2. The journal is primarily for home consumption and indulges in considerable self-
criticism. There is no apparent attempt to deceive, so it probably reflects a true
picture of the dairy industry in the'USSR. The articles, being semi-popular, never
cite any literature. No reference is ever made to foreign research. Whenever credit
to given, it is always to a Soviet scientist or worker.
Since the death of Stalin, the journal has improved somewhat. There is more freedon
of discussion and the articles are more objective'.' It is a relief no longer to have
to read in every issue that Joseph Stalin was the greatest butter and cheese expert
of all time. No such claim is being made for Malenkov. Since the issue eulogizing
Stalin at the time of his death, Stalin's name has not appeared in the periodical.
i+. New techniques are adopted in the plants as rapidly as they are publicized. They are
described in the journal, a directive is issued and then all plants must use them.
There is an' inspection service to enforce compliance, and every plant is rated annu-
ally on cost efficiency, quantity of production, and quality of product. There is
some trouble with certain plants which falsify reports, and these transgressions are
not hidden from the readers of the journal.
5. In general, the dairy'industry of the USSR appears to be about 15-20 years behind the
US, especially in its engineering plant. In theoretical work, however, it is catching
up rapidly. Some very good scientists are employed in the industry, and great emphasis
is placed on the development of technical personnel. Therefore the USSR has the
potential for catching up very quickly, at least in the theoretical and technical. field.
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Already the USSR is ahead of the US in the employment of technical personnel
in the milk processing plants. In the US the practice is to employ trained
technicians at the supervisory level and recruit unskilled labor from the
labor market. In the USSR, however, all employees have received special techni-
cal training before they enter the plants. On the, evidence at hand, it is.im-
possible to comment on the comparative intelligence of the workers, but it is
obvious that the USSR employs a higher percentage of specialized personnel. The
USSR also makes far greater use of women at all levels in the industry. The
processing plants would not suffer at all by the withdrawal of men in mobilization.
6. So far there has been nothing new in Soviet research in the field of
milk processing. The journal makes practical application of existing knowledge,
based upon either rediscovered techniques or foreign techniques employed without
credit. The Soviets are making rapid progress, but they have been so far behind
that we cannot expect any really new ideas until they catch up. At that
time they will certainly have the scientific and technical potential to make
significant contributions.
7. There is much stress on sanitation in the training programs.' According to the
journal, the milkers are all women, who dress in white, wash their hands before
and after touching a cow, and sterilize all equipment. Constant training goes on
within the processing plants, and regional meetings of responsible workers from
various plants are held for the exchange. of information on methods.
8. According to the journal, production and quality are gaining year by year, but the
appeal in every issue is for still higher production and better quality. Milk and
its derivatives are still luxury items in the USSR and the real struggle is for
quantity rather than quality.
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