Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-14

number of wage earners and value add.
ed by manufacture, however, New York
still held first place in 1909 and Wiseon-
sin ranked second. but the percentages
of Increase for the decade in these
iterls, as we'll as in the value of pro-
ducts. We're less for New York than for
Wisconsin. Iowa ranked third as re-
CARDS value OF products in 1909. Min
nesota. which shows an increase of 500
per cent in value of products for the
five-year period. advanced from fifth
place IL 1904 to fourth in 1909, having
exchanged positions with Illinois,
which shows a gam cf only 81 per
cent for this period.
Among the Il states which reported
products for 1909 valued at more than
s5,oo9,0o0, these show very large per-
centaees of increase for the decade
1S99-1s09: Washington GID, Michigan
f2ei.G). California t256.2), Nebraska
t240.S. Minnesota 1882, WISCONSIN
1s7.G). and Ohio d544. Much higher
percentages are shown for a number
of ether states most of which. how
ever reported only a small proportion
of the total value OF products even in
1909. The states showing the highest
percentages of increase were North
Dakota C74a.4). oregon (670), Idaho
t662.D, and Missouri (5s5).
OF the S,479 establishments reported
for 1909 only nine had products valued
at $1,00O.Do0 or over. OF the total num-
Der of establishments reported for the
industry. both in 1909 and in 1904, 155
per cent We're under corporate owner
ship. While corporations thus controll-
ed a comparatively small percentage of
the total number of establishments. the
value of the products of these eStab-
lishments represented 41.3 per cent Of
| the total for the industry in 1909 and
800 per cent in 1904. Cooperative as
| sociatfons, as reported. controlled 32.7
per cent OF the establishments engaged
| in the industry in 1909. as compared
with 27.3 per cent in 1904, and reported
a6.5 Der cent of the total value of pro-
ducts in 1909 and "a per cent in 1901.
The total quantity of milk reported
| for 1904 WAS slightly larger than that
fer 1885, but taking the decade as a
whole the figures show decrease of
| 1873 per cent--from II. 67S, eS2, S21 pounds
in 1899 to 9,SSS 727, 1903 pounds in 1909.
| ON the othev hand, the quantity of
NtNt'i - lfpitt'i oltoNS Sttfdy increase
from 203,G13,95S pounds i'm 1899 TO !, 4O6,
143.90S pounds. or nearly seven times as
| much, in 1909.
In all the states for which separate
figures are given larger increases took
place during each 5-year period in the
amount of cream reported by the fac
tories, except in Vermont, where the
quantity decreased somewhat netWeen
1904 and 1909. On the other hand, there
were only four states. Wisconsin, New
York, Michigan. and Washington. in
which the quantity of milk reported for
1909 was greater than chat for 1889. and
only two, Nebraska and Washington in
which 1t was greater than that for
1904. The most pronounced decrease
during the decade i'll the quantity of
milk was in Iowa, in which state there
was decrease of 1.l1l,222, 632 pounds.
or about fiNe-eighths of the net de-
crease in the industry as a Whole.
More Butter Made.
In the quantity Of butter manufao
tured in the factories of the industry
there was an increase of 2046ss. I07 |
pounds, or is.7 per cent, during the
decide 1899 1909 Wisconsin ranked first
in the production of butter in 1868. with
l03SS4,6S4 pounds: Minnesota was sec
ond, with SS,Si2.s4e pounds; ana Iowa
was third, With SS,5S2,1 1877 pounds. Al |
though the manufacture Of butter was
reported from 43 states in 1909. the
combined product of six states, Wiscon- |
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, New York. Cali |
fornia, and Michigan, amounting to
4o0.002,1 43 pounds, represented GA per
cent of the total for the industry.