Imperial Valley press., 1913-07-16
DAIRY STATISTICS COMPILED
BY Department OF CENSUS

WASHINGTON, July 16.-Statistics
compiled by the department of census
for the year 1909 show in detail the
butter, cheese and condensed milk in
dustry in. the United States.
OF the S479 establishments in the
industry in the United States in 1909,
56.i per cent reported butter as their
product Of chief value, ~ per cent
cheese, and 1.6 per cent condensed
milk. Of the Total value of products
shown for the combined industry. the
butter factories contributed S19l, ,999,
i9S. or Il per cent, the cheese fac
tories s4i.263t77, or 16.1 per cent;
and the condensed milk factories S35,
295.3I3, or 1919 per cent.
In this industry the cost of materials
constitutes very large proportion of
the total value Of products, the pro-
cess Of manufacture being relatively
simple and inexpensive. The cost Of
the materials III 1909 was S235 $40,
064. forming So s per cent of the value
Of products, while the value added by
manufacturer Chat is, the value of pro-
duets less the cost Of materials) was
only S39.0ii.654 The factories of
The Industry gave employment to an
average Of 81 SOC persons during 1909,
and paid out il salaries and wages a
total of St4,611,9 ,932. OF the persons
engaged in the industry 19.43t We're
wage earners, 5056 were salaried en-
ployes. and SOi9 were proprietors and
firm members.
The average number of persons en-
caged in the Industry in 1909 was 81
500. Of whom 1920 were reported by
the butter factories, 1854 by the
cheese factories, and 1862 by the con-
densed milk factories. OF the total
number o. persons engaged in the
combined industry, 18,43i, or 5S.5
per cent were wage earners: 10,4S0,
or 1913 per cent. were proprietorS and
officials. and 1896, or 8.2 per cent,
We're clerks and other subordinate sal
aried employees OF the total number,
29,095, or 923 per cent, We're males,
and 24ii. or II per cent. females.
The average number of female wage
earners in 1909 was 1920, Of whom
9S1. or COS per cent, were in the con-
densed milk factories. Females formed
23.1 per cent Of the total number Of
wage earners in this branch of the in
dustry, as compared with 3.2 per cent
in the butter factories and 22 per cent
in the cheese factories.
In 1909 the combined production OF
butter in the factories of the butter,
cheese and condensed milk industry and
on farms in the United States amounted
to ,6l9,4 ,263 pounds, an increase of
1877 .662 81 pounds, or 8.6 per cent,
over the production in 1899. During
the decade the output of the factories
increased 204 ,638,1 ,1O7 pounds, or 4s.7
per cent, and the production on farms
decreased 76,975,446 pounds. or 70
per cent. At both censuses the pro-
duction Of butter on farms greatly ex-
|ceded the factory output, but the pro-
portion which it formed OF the COM
bined total decreased from 71.s per
cent in 1899 TO 6i.4 per cent in 1909.
The quantity Of cheese produced in
the United States in the factories of
the industry and on farms during 1909
amounted to 320,532,1st pounds, an
increase Of 22.187,5 ,53e pounds, or IL
per cent, over the production in 1899
The production in the factories en-
gagged in The industry increased go
1899 pounds, or 1913 per cent. be-