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Comparing the figures of 1899 with those of 1909, it is 

 seen that the total production of cheese in the United 



States increased 22,187,539 

 pounds, or an increase of 7.4 

 per cent in 1909 over 1899. 

 During the same years the 

 amount made on the farms 

 decreased 6,966,454 pounds, 

 or a decrease of 42.6 per 

 cent, while the amount 

 made in factories increased 

 29,153,933 pounds or 10.3 

 per cent. 



303. Rank of the leading 

 cheese-producing states. 

 The rank of the leading 

 cheese states according to 

 the number of factories in 

 1914 was : Wisconsin 1720, 

 New York 995, Michigan 

 196, Ohio 111, Pennsylvania 

 106. 



The table on the opposite 

 page (Table XXI) shows 

 the amount of cheese pro- 

 duced by the five states 

 with the largest number of 

 factories. This table indi- 

 cates that New York led in 

 the production of cheese 

 until some time between 1899 and 1909. This is proba- 

 bly because, New York having so many cities, the demand 

 for market milk is so large that it is sold as such instead 



FIG. 66. Showing the cheese fac- 

 tories in the Pacific coast states. 



