The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-01-07
Value of Dairy Products

butter fat sold represented nearly |
four-ffths and that of butter most of
the remainder. The quantity of milk
sold as such was reported as 1884,
100000 gallons 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 cen
sus schedules and not the quantity of
milk.
The greater part of the milk report
ed as sold was doubtless consumed as
such, chiefly in cities and villages,
but considerable quantity represents
milk delivered to condensed 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 butter fat contained.
Butter and Cheese
The reported farm production of
butter and of cheese in 100000 ,651, ;
900 pounds and 9,406,000 pounds, re-
spectively-was considerably less than
the production for the year 1899 as
given in the published reports of the
twelfth census, but this difference is
doubtless due in part to the fact that
the latter included some estimates for
farms with incomplete reports. The
manufacture of butter and cheese is,
however, being gradually transferred
from farms to factories.
The combined farm and factory pro-
duction of butter was 1913, 415,000
pounds in 1909 and 1,491, 1853 900
pounds in 1899. The increase during
the decade was thus 127,663 900
pounds, or SO per cent. The factory
production alone increased 48.7 per
cent. Of the total product, that made
in factories constituted 1856 per cent
in 1909 and 1872 per cent in 1899.
32O,OOO,OOO Pounds of Cheese
The production of cheese on farms
and in factories was 2O,532,O0O
pounds in 1909, an increase OF IA per
cent. At both censuses much the
greater part of the cheese was made
in factories, but the proportion in 1909
(97.1 per cent? was higher than that
in 1899 (94.5 per cent?
Of the total value of dairy products
in 1909 Excluding the value of milk
and cream consumed on the farm
where produced) the East North Cen
trail division reported $159,674,OOO, or
1858 per cent, the Middle Atlantic di-
vision $13O, 773,OO0, or 21.9 per cent,
and the West North Central division
sos, 825,00O, or 1872 per cent, these
three divisions together reporting over
two-thirds of the total. 1t is probable
however, that the relative Importance
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.
Where The Cow Is Queen
According to the figures reported
the average production of milk per
cow Chased on the number of dairy
! cows in 1910 on farms reporting milk
produced in 1909 and the quantity of
milk produced in 1907 was very much
greater in the New England, Middle
Atlantic, East North Central and Pa
cifc divisions than in any of the rest.
This doubtless conforms approximate
lily to the facts.
i 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 England
the factory production was decidedly
greater in the later year than in the
earlier. In the three Southern divi-
sions, where practically all the butter
is still made on farms, there was ar
increase in farm production between
1899 and 1909, the percentage of in
crease for the three divisions then to.
gether being Al. Of the two divisions
in which the greater part of cheese is
made in factories. the Middle Atlantic
division shows a marked decrease in
production, while in the East North
Central there was an increase of Sc
per cent in the combined farm anc
factory output.
Leading Dairy States
Il In 1909 the leading dairy states, as
judged by the total value of the farm
production (excluding milk and cream
used at home,) were New York, Wis
consin. PENNSYLVANIA TlIin0is IOWA