The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Over Five Million Farms in the
United States Have Cows.

United states Have lows.
Statistics covering dairy products
in the United States are interesting
at this time. A bulletin summarize
ing the data collected for the pro-
ducts of 1909 has just been issued
by the Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, which
shows that there were 5,140,869
farms in the United States for which
the enumerators reported dairy cows
on April IS, 1910. For only 4,413,-
333 of these farms were dairy pro-
ducts of any kind reported as pro-
duced in 1909, and for only 4,021,-
460 was the quantity of milk pro-
duced 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,OOO, or 90.9 per
cent. of the total number, and the
number of farms which reported the
production of milk in 1909 was 49,
069, 900, or 77.9 per cent of the
total. In considering these figures,
it should be borne in mind that there
is no precise distinction between
dairy COWS and COWS not kept for
milk. In a good many cases emu
merators probably reported as dairy
COWS which in fact were primarily
kept for breeding purposes and
which were only milked for short
periods, if at all, during the pre-
ceding year.
The total production of milk re-
ported for 1911 was 5,S14,000, 900
gallons, the true total probably ex-
ceeded this by not less than ten per
cent. There were, on April Is,
1910, a total of 16,069,000 dairy
cows on 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 reported at $596,413,0 1000. This
represents the sum of the receipts
from the sale of milk, cream and
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$S72, ,403,000), and the value of all
butter and cheese produced on
farms, whether sold or retained for
| home use (amounting to 4,010,-
00O).
The total reported value of dairy
products sold in 1909 was $473,-
769, 900, of which the value of
milk, cream and butter fat sold rep
resented nearly four-fifths and that
of butter most of the remainder.
The quantity of milk sold as such
was reported as 100000 gal
Ions, 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
quantity 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 old was doubtless con-
sumed as such, chiefly in cities and
villages, but a considerable quantity
represents milk delivery to con-
densed 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 but
ter fat contained.
In 1909 the leading dairy states,
as judged by the total value of farm
production (eXcepting milk and
cream used at home), were New
York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Mich
igan and California, in each OF
which the value reported exceeded
20,000,000. In production of but
ter Con farms and in factories COM
bined) Wisconsin was the leading
state, followed by Iowa, Minnesota
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Hi
nois and New York. A large part OF
the milk produced in New York is
sold for consumption in the cities
and a large proportion is also used
in making cheese, New York ranks
next to Wisconsin in the production
of cheese, and in no other state die
the cheese production equal one-sev,
enth of the production in New York
In combined production of butter
and cheese Wisconsin led with 279,,
$4,000 pounds followed by New
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