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see, Hillsdale, Ingham, Kent, Lapeer, Lenawee, 

 Macomb, ]\rontcalm, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. 

 Clair, Sanilac and Tuscola exceeding the million- 

 pound rank, Kent taking first place. 



The Fourteenth United States Census ascertained 

 that, in the year 1919, Michigan produced 382,- 

 822,631 gallons of milk, which represented an in- 

 crease of 19.3 per cent over the output for 1909. Of 

 the product of 1919, 130,864,366 gallons were sold. 

 Of butter, 25,755,423 pounds were manufactured. 

 The sales of butter amounted to 10,154,869 pounds, 

 which may be compared with sales of 30,010,783 

 pounds in 1909. Of cream, the 1919 sales Avere 

 4,459,626 gallons, compared with 2,485,061 gallons 

 in 1909. In 1919, butter-fat to the amount of 

 31,647,906 pounds was sold, compared with 18,- 

 287,691 pounds in 1909. The most recent estimates 

 available give the number of dairy cows in Michigan 

 as 802,000, distributed on an average of four cows 

 to a farm. In 1920, these cows are considered to 

 have produced 3,492,000,000 pounds of milk, valued 

 at $104,760,000. The Michigan Food and Drug De- 

 partment reports for June 30, 1920, 248 creameries 

 in Michigan, 65 cheese factories, 35 condensed milk 

 and powdered milk plants, 258 ice-cream manufac- 

 turers, 19 milk skimming stations, 1,016 cream 

 buying stations, 939 milk distributing plants, 98 milk 

 depots, 104 milk stores, and 1,742 milk wagons.^ 



In February, 1920, the ]\Iichigan Allied Dairy 



^Michigan Farmer, May 21, 1921, 20. 



