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

tral division reported $159,674,000, or
26.S per cent, the Middle Atlantic di-
vision $130, ,773,O0O, or 21.9 per cent,
and the West North Central division
Sl0S,S25,0 900, or 1872 per cent, these
three divisions together reporting
over two-thirds of the total 1t is prob
able, however, that the relative i'm
portance 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 North.
According to the figures reported
the average production of milk per
COW (based on the number of dairy
COWS in 1910 on farms reporting milk
produced in 1909 and the quantity of
milk produced in 1909 was very much
greater in the New England, Middle
Atlantic, East North Central, and Pa
cific divisions than in any of the rest.
This doubtless conforms approximate.
ly 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 division
but in all of these divisions, except
the Middle Atlantic and the New Eng
land, the factory production was de-
cidedly greater in the later year than
in the earlier In the three southern
divisions, where practically all the but
ter is still made on farms, there was
an increase in farm production be-
tween 1899 and 1909, the per centage
of increase for the three divisions
then together being Al OF the two
divisions in which the greater part of
cheese is made in factories, the Mid
die Atlantic division shows a marked
decrease in production, while in the
East North Central there was an in
crease of so 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 (excludng milk and cream
used at home) were New York, Wis
consin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa,
Ohio Minnesota, Michigan, and Cali
fornia, in each of which the value re-
ported exceeded $20,000,00O In pro-
duction of butter Ton farms and in
factories combined) Wisconsin was
the leading state, followed by Iowa,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Ohio, Illinois, and New York. A large
part OF the milk produced in New York
is sold for consumption i'll the cities,
and a large proportion is also used
in making cheese. New York ranked
next to Wisconsin in the production of
cheese, and in no other state did the
cheese production equal one-seventh
of the production in New York In
combined production of butter and
cheese Wisconsin led, with 79,992,O00
pounds, followed by New York with
1884, 900 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 divisions
together reporting 73 per cent of the
total for the United States
Average Value of Butter.
The average value of butter sold by
farmers in the United States rs
whole was 242 cents per pound in
1909, as compared with 1861 cents in
1899, an increase of 44.9 per cent In
1909 the average value was highest in
New England, 2S.9 cents. and lowest in
the East South Central division, 21.9
cents. The average value of cheese
sold increased from 81 cents per
pound in 1899 to 121 cents in 1909, or
80 per cent In the latter year the
average ranged from 10.1 cents in the
Middle Atlantic and East South Cen
trail divisions to > cents in the Noun
tain division