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of being manufactured into cheese. There is about the 

 same number of milch cows in New York and Wisconsin. 

 However, Wisconsin is credited with more cheese in 1909 

 than New York ever produced and this output probably 

 will increase, as there are considerable areas of undeveloped 

 agricultural land in Wisconsin. It is also interesting to 

 note that Ohio is falling off in cheese production. This 

 may be due to the increased demand for market milk. On 

 the other hand, production has increased in Pennsylvania. 

 304. Exportation and importation of cheese by the 

 United States. The accompanying table shows the ex- 



Millions 



Pounds 



300 



200 



150 



100 



50 



<y 



v^ ? 



/-A 



1900 



1910 



1850 1860 1870 



FIG. 67. Showing relationship of total production, exports and 

 imports of cheese. 



ports and imports of cheese from 1851 to 1916 and their 

 values, in so far as the figures are available. 



One noteworthy item in Table XXII is that the exports 

 have gradually decreased . and imports increased. This 



