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various soils of our State and their relation to plant growth; and also 

 by the incalculable benefits extended to the horticultural and viticultural 

 interests. 



The College of Agriculture is now to turn added attention to the 

 animal and dairy industries, and a glance at their importance and needs 

 is quite in keeping with the present undertaking. The money value of 

 the various products of the dairies of the State for the past two years is 

 given in the last report of the State Dairy Bureau. These values 

 include those of calves and pigs raised on the by-products of the dairies, 

 creameries, and cheese factories, as given in the table below. The figures 

 are for the years ending with October 1, 1899, and October 1, 1900: 



1899-1900. 



Butter 24,869,084 lbs. $5,392,020 



Cheese 5,294,938 lbs. 593,033 



Condensed milk 52,558 cases 218,988 



Milk and cream consumed 5,325,399 



Calves raised from dairy cows 783,423 



Pigs raised on by-products . 964,762 



$13,277,625 



1899-1900. 



Butter 28,782,859 lbs. $6,360,054 



Cheese 4,989,960 lbs. 503,986 



Condensed milk 66,302 cases 276,258 



Milk and cream consumed 5,567,462 



Calves raised from dairy cows '.. 1,293,276 



Pigs raised on by-products.. 1,492,236 



$15,493,272 



This valuation places the dairy industry upon an equal footing with 

 the other important industries of the State and gives some indication of 

 the large amount of capital which must be invested in the business. 

 No such statistics have been compiled as to the value of the various 

 animal products — beef, mutton, pork, poultry, and eggs. The indica- 

 tions are, however, that the State's production in these latter lines does 

 not so nearly reach the amount of home consumption as is the case with 

 butter. Some figures showing our importations of the various animal 

 and dairy products will doubtless be of interest and value. Through 

 the courtesy of the Traffic Managers of the Southern Pacific and the 

 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroads and the Pacific Coast Steam- 

 ship Company, the writer has been able to secure the amounts of these 

 products which are brought into California by the different lines of 

 transportation. Since these companies carry practically all such prod- 

 ucts that come within our borders the figures given may be considered 

 to cover nearly all importations of the commodities named. Through 

 the courtesy of the Custom-House officials has also been secured the quan- 

 tities of the same products exported from the port of San Francisco for 



