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crease in the quantity of eastern butter received in that city of 

 6,207,110 pounds, and an increase of 1,814,651 gallons of milk, 

 cream and condensed milk; also that there was a material de- 

 crease in the receipts of cheese during the same period amounting 

 to 6,708,890 pounds. 



The following table will show the net decrease in value of prod- 

 ucts handled during the year: 



Decrease in value of butter handled in 1894, com- 

 pared with 1893 12,030,164 50 



Decrease in value of cheese handled 1,544,695 45 



Decrease in value of milk, cream and condensed 



milk, same period 141,606 50 



Decrease in value of eastern dairy products 

 handled in 1894, compared with 1893. . . . |3,716,466 45 



Two million and ninety-eight thousand five hundred and twenty- 

 nine dollars and thirty cents of the decrease in value of dairy 

 products handled during the year is represented by decreased 

 quantity handled, and only |1,617,942.15 by lower prices obtained. 

 Notwithstanding the lower prices, dairy products have maintained 

 better values than any other farm product during the past year 

 of depression in business of all kinds. 



Total value of eastern dairy products handled in New York 

 city during the year: 



Butter 15,501,450 50 



Cheese 8,067,175 50 



Crude milk, condensed milk and cream 16,107,648 00 



Total 129,676,274 00 



