The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-30
DAIRY
Of the United States Treated
in a Bulletin Issued by
Director Durand-

WASEdlNlj'l IN DEC. oV---A DdAAS-
Tin ssnnariziug the date collected
for dairy products in The United
states for 1909 has just been issued
by Director Durand OF the Bureau CT
the census. Department Of Commerce
and Labor. 1t was prepared under
the supervision OF John Lee Coulter,
expert special agent for agriculture
There we're 5.14O.Sss farms in the
United States for which the enumer-
ators reported dairy COWS on April
Is. 1910. For only 44B3.33S Of these
farms were dairy products OF any
kind reported as produced IN 1909
|. and for only 4.O21 400 was the guam
dty of mix produced in 1903 stated
The total number Of dairy COWS on
/ farms April Is, 1910, was reported
as 90, 625,OCO. while the number on
farms which reported the production
OF any kind CT dairy products in 1909
was 1S.746,OO0. or sos per cent of the
! total number. ami the nIn.btr on
farms which reported the production
| Of milk in 1909 was I6,O69, 900, or
4 77,9 per cent Of the total In con-
Steering these figures. - should be
/ horne in mind that there is no pre-
else distinction between dairy cows
and cows not kept for milk In a
good many cases enumerators prob
/ abFv reported as dairy cows animals
| which in fact were primarily kept
for breeding purposes and which
were only MIXED for short periods
liz at all, during the preceding year
The total production. CT milk re-
Dorted for 1909 was 5,s14, 100000 gal
ions: the true total probably exceeded
this by not less than ten per cent
There were. on April IS, 1910, 49,
Il 0s9 600 dairy cows on the farms re-
porting this milk. Assuming THAI
there were the same number in 1909
the average production Of milk per
COW would be 1852 gallons.
The total vaaIe of dairy products
of farms in 1909, exclusive OF milk
4 and cream consumed on the farm,
was reported as $59S4I3 600 This
represents the sum of the receipts
4 from the sale CT milk, cream, and
butter fat Camounting In all to
sS72. 40&, oGO), and the value Of all
butter and cheese produced on farms,
whether sold or retained for home
use (arrounting to $22Lo1O,00O).
Value of Dairy Products.
The total value of dairy products
sold in 1909 was S4T$, 10000. Of which
the value OF milk. cream and butter
Fat sold represented nearly four
fSths and that of butter most of the
remainder. The quantity Of milk sold
as such was reported as I,937,o00,Oco
gallons. or substantially one-third OF
! the total reported as produced; but
it should be borne in mind that a
great deal Of milk sod or delivered
| 20 c-eamcries for butter making is
maid for on the basis of the cream or
butter fat content, in which case the
quantity Of such cream or butter fat
wag usually reported on the census
schedules and not the quantity Of
milk. The greater part of the milk
reported as sold was doubtless con-
sumed as z1ch, chiefly in cities and
villages. but considerable quantity
represents milk delivered to con
densed milk and chees victories, and
some small part milk delivered to
creamer:es for the production Of but
tier and reported as milk instead of
on the basis fthe cream or butter
fat contained.
Butter and Cheese.
The reported. farm production Of
butter and OF cheese in T9O9-994,-