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the war, was much less. From all accounts since the close of the 

 war, it appears that the farmers have been busily engaged in restor- 

 ing their dairy herds, and the improvement in the dairy business has 

 so much advanced that the Commissioner of Agriculture for the 

 year 1873 reported that the whole number of milch cows in the 

 United States was 10,705,300. Maine had 153,500 ; New Hamp- 

 shire, 92,700; Vermont, 195,700; Massachusetts, 136,300; Rhode 

 Island, 20,400; Connecticut, 106,800; New York, 1,410,600 

 New Jersey, 147,900; Pennsylvania, 812,600 ; Delaware, 24,900 

 Maryland, 96,900 ; Virginia, 234,000; North Carolina, 199,000 

 South Carolina, 157,800; Georgia, 157,400; Florida, 6,900; Ala- 

 bama, 173,400 ; Mississippi, 180,100; Louisiana, 90,700; Texas, 

 626,600; Arkansas, 151,800 ; Tennessee, 247,700; West Virginia, 

 124,300; Kentucky, 229,400; Ohio, 778,600 ; Michigan, 350,600 ; 

 Indiana, 448,40a; Illinois, 725,100 ; Wisconsin, 442,700; Minne- 

 sota, 196,900 ; Iowa, 569,600 ; Missouri, 421,400 ; Kansas, 

 331,100; Nebraska, 49,900; California, 310,500; Oregon, 73,500; 

 and the Territories, 258,700. So that now, in 1876, three years 

 latetj it may be safe to estimate the milch cows at 11,000,000. 

 These figures, allowing the average of 100 pounds of butter to 

 the cow, at 30 cents per pound, amounts to $330,000,000 and 

 1,100,000,000 pounds of butter produced annually in this country. 

 Now leaving out 16,000,000 pounds for our annual exportation, we 

 have left 1,086,000,000 lbs. for our annual consumption, or about 25 

 pounds per capita. This estimate is made after leaving out one- 

 third part of the new milk produced from the yield of the cow for 

 family use throughout the towns, villages and cities of the whole 

 country, thereby making in the aggregate $495,000,000. At the 

 meeting of the National Butter and Egg Association, held at 

 Davenport, Iowa, during the past winter, it appears from the 

 report that the people in this country annually consume for table 

 and culinary use 1,400,000,000 pounds of butter. During the 

 year 1870 we exported 60,113,090 pounds of cheese, valued at 

 $8,616,491 ; in 1871, 69,907,167 pounds, valued at $8,027,754 ; in 

 1872, 66,459,462 pounds, valued at $8,421,114; in 1873, 91,368,077 

 pounds, valued at $11,911,541, Our export of butter during the 

 same period was: In 1870, 2,072,761 pounds, valued at $670,432; 

 in 1871, 8,668,012 pounds, valued at $1,606,239; in 1872, 

 5,044,227 pounds, valued at $1,041,032; in 1873, 4,074,067 

 pounds, valued at $947,968. 



The dairy products of the County of York, for the year ending 



