The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-26
DAIRY PRODUCTS
OF UNITED STATES

1h Suhuludll lAlu6 lHe udtd COllSCIeu lOI
dairy products in the United States
for 1909 has just been issued by Di-
rector Durand of the Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce and
Labor. 1t was prepared under the SUI
pervision of John Lee Coulter, expert
agent for agriculture.
There were 5,140,S69 farms in the
United States for which the enumera-
tors reported dairy COWS on April 10,
1910. For only 4,413,S33 of these
farms were dairy products of any kind
reported as produced in 1909, and for
only 402l ,460 was the quantity of
milk produced in 1909 stated. The
total number of dairy cows on farms
April Is, 1910, was reported as 20,-
625,000, while the number on farms
which reported the production of any
kind of dairy products in 1909 was
1S,746,000, or 90.9 per cent of the total
number, and the number on farms
which reported the production of milk
in 1909 was 16,069,000, or 77.9 per
cent of the total In considering these
figures, it should be borne in mind
that there is no precise distinction be-
tween dairy cows and cows not kept
for milk In a good many cases enum-
orators probably reported as dairy
COWS animals which in fact were pri-
marily kept for breeding purposes and
which were only MIXED for short per-
iods, if at all, during the preceding
year.
The total production of milk report
ed for 1909 was 5,S14000,00O gallons;
the true total probably exceeded this
by not less than 10 per cent. There
were, on April 10, 1910, 16,069, 900
dairy COWS on the farms reporting this
milk. Assuming that there were the
same number in 1909, the average pro-
duction of milk per COW would be 1862
gallons,
The total value of dairy products Of
farms in 1909, exclusive of milk and
cream consumed on the farm, was re-
ported as S596,413,00O This repre-
sents the sum of the receipts from the
sale of milk, cream, and butter fat
amounting in all to $S72, 09,000), and
the value of all butter and cheese pro-
duced on farms, whether sold or re-
tanned for home use amounting to
$224,O1O,000).
Value of Dairy Products.
The total reported value of dairy
products sold in 1909 was $473,769,0O0,
of which the value of milk, cream, and
butter fat sold represented nearly
four-ffths and that of butter most of
the remainder. The quantity of milk
sold as such was reported as 1885,
100000 gallons, or substantially one
third of the total reported as produced;
but it should be borne in mind that
a great deal of milk sold or delivered
to creameries for butter making is
paid for on the basis of the cream or
butter fat content, in which case the
ouantity of such cream or butter fat
was usually reported ON the census
schedules and not the quantity of milk.
The greater part of the milk reported
as sold was doubtless consumed as
such, chiefly in cities and villages,
but a considerable quantity represents
milk delivered to condensed.milk and
cheese factories, and some small part
milk delivered to creameries for the
production of butter and reported as
milk instead of on the basis of the
cream or butter fat contained
Butter and Cheese.
The reported farm production of but
ter and cheese in 1909-994,651,OOO
pounds and 9,4O6,OOO pounds, respec-
tively-was considerably less than
the production for the year 1899 as
given in the published reports of the
Twelfth Census, but this difference
is doubtless due in part to the fact
that the latter included some estl-
mates for farms with incomplete re-
ports. The manufacture of butter and
cheese is, however gradually being
transferred from farms to factories.
The combined farm and factory pro-
duction of butter was l,619,415,OOO
pounds in 1909 and 1,491 1,753OOO
pounds in 1899. The increase during
the decade was thus 127,663,OOO
pounds, or Sc per cent The factory
production alone increased 4S.7 per
cent OF the total product that made
in factories constituted 1856 per cent
in 1909 and 2S.2 per cent in 1899.
The production Of cheese on farms
and in factories was 32O,532,0OO
pounds in 1909, an increase of "A per
cent At both ceasuses much the
greater part of the cheese was made
in factories, but the proportion in 1909
Cq7 Der cent was higher than that