The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-30

AID HolHIsnsl1 md pEur'eI1f1 Gtlllrg ma
Sc and soc. EOsinl sac 0I.oa a. DEaggLs..
and the west North Central division
s1OS,s25.OOO, or 1872 per cent, these
three divisions together reporting
! over two-thirds OF the total 1t is
probabIe, however. that the relative
Importance OF the home consumption
of milk and cream is considerably
greater in the South and somewhat
greater in the West than it is in the
Ncrth
According to the figures reported
the average production Of milk per
COW Obased on the number Of dairy
cows IN 1910 on farms reporting milk
produced in 1909 and the quantity Q:
milk produced in 1909 was very much
greater in the New England. Middle
HsIant5c. East North Central, and
Pacific divisions than in any OF the
rest This doubtless conforms APP
prcximateIy to the facts.
The quantity of butter made on
farms was less IN 1909 than in 1899 in
the four geographic divisions OF the
North. and also in the Pacific divi-
sion, but in ali Of these divisions. ex-
cept the Middle Atlantic and the New
England the factory production was
6ec.deIy greater in the later year
than in, the earlier. In the three
southern divisions. where practically
all the butter is stiH made on farms
there was an increase in farm pro
duction between 1899 and 1909, the
percentage OF increase for the three
divisions then together being forty
one. OF the two divisions in which
the greater part Of cheese is made in
factories, the Middle Atlantic diva
sion shows a marked decrease in
production while IN the East North
Central there was an Increase OF
fifty per cent in the combined farm
and factory output.
Leading Dairy States.
In 1909 the leading dairy states, as
Judged by the total value Of the farm
production Excluding milk and
cream used at hOme). we're New
New York. wisconsin. Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Oh5o, Minnesota, Michigan,
and California, in each OF which the
value reported exceeded $2o,ooo,OoO.
In production of butter Con farms and
in factories combined) Wisconsin
was the leading state, followed by
Iowa. Minnesota. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois and New York a
large part OF the MIX produced in
New Aork is sold for consumption in
the cities, and large proportion is
also used. in making cheese New
York ranked next to Wisconsin in the
production of cheese and in no
other state ord the cheese production
equal one-scverth Of the production
in New York. In combined produc-
ton of butter and cheese Wisconsin
led. with 279. 9e2. OOc pounds, followed
by New York with IA $4,000 pounds
In total value Of dairy products
sold by farmers in 1909. the East
North Central division ranked first
followed by the Middle Atlantic and
West North Central these three d.
visions together reporting seventy
rhre per cent OF the total for the
Un1ted States
Average Value OF Butter.
The average value or butter sold by
farmers in the United States as a
whole was 242 cents per pound in
1909. as compared with 16-7 cents in
1889. an increase Of 449 per cent In
1909 the average value was highest
sn New England. 2S.9 cents. and low
es. in the East South Central dlvi@
sion 2l.S cents. The average value
of cheese sold increased from 81
g nts per pound in 1899 to 12I cents
in 1900. or thirty-three per cent In
HE latter year the average ranged
rom 1O1 cents in the Middle Atlantic
and East South Central divisions 70
fifteen cents in the Mountain oiV's-