﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  189 
  

  

  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  ENDING 
  OCTOBER 
  31, 
  1897. 
  

  

  Butter. 
  

  

  Eastern, 
  209,808 
  packages 
  of 
  70 
  pounds 
  (aver- 
  

   age) 
  14,686,560 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  18 
  cents 
  

   per 
  pound 
  $2,642,580 
  80 
  

  

  AVestern, 
  1,964,675 
  packages 
  of 
  50 
  pounds 
  (aver- 
  

   age) 
  98,233,750 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  17 
  cents 
  

   per 
  pound 
  16,699,737 
  50 
  

  

  Total, 
  112,920,310 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $19,342,318 
  30 
  

  

  Cheese. 
  

  

  Eastern, 
  66,598,300 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  10 
  cents 
  

  

  per 
  pound 
  $6,659,830 
  00 
  

  

  "Western, 
  5,699,080 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  9 
  cents 
  

  

  per 
  pound 
  512,917 
  20 
  

  

  Total, 
  72,297,380 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $7,172,747 
  20 
  

  

  Milk 
  and 
  Cream. 
  

  

  Crude, 
  quarts 
  328,795,480 
  

  

  Crude, 
  quarts 
  sold 
  to 
  condensers 
  75,000,000 
  

  

  Cream, 
  quarts 
  9,331,840 
  

  

  Condensed 
  milk 
  (unsweetened), 
  quarts 
  2,406,920 
  

  

  Total 
  (valued 
  at 
  $15,972,841.42), 
  quarts. 
  . 
  415,534,240 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  of 
  butter 
  handled 
  $19,342,318 
  30 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  of 
  cheese 
  handled 
  7,172,747 
  20 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  of 
  milk, 
  cream 
  and 
  condensed 
  milk 
  

  

  handled 
  15,872,841 
  42 
  

  

  Total 
  $42,387,906 
  92 
  

  

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