REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 389 



dairy products produced in and exported from the United States. 

 Through, the kindness of Mr. B. F. VanValkenburgh, assistant dairy 

 commissioner of the State of New York, we have been furnished with 

 a very complete report of the trade in dairy products of the city of 

 New York for the year ending October 31, 1888, prepared by^ him 

 for the New York State Dairymen's Association. These statistics 

 are as follows: 



RECEIPTS OF BUTTER. 



Eastern . . 454, 063 packages, 31, 784, 410 Ibs. , at 24.5 cts. per Ib . . $7, 787, 180. 45 

 Western. . . 1, 269, 159 packages, 63, 457, 950 Ibs., at 22.5 cts. per Ib. . 14, 278, 038. 75 



Total . 1, 723, 222 packages, 95, 242, 360 Ibs 22, 065, 219. 20 



RECEIPTS OF CHEESE. 



Eastern 1, 797, 781 boxes, 98, 877, 955 Ibs., at 10.5 cts. per Ib. $10, 382, 185. 27 



Western 80, 829 boxes, 3,637,260 Ibs., at 8.5 cts. per Ib. 309,167.10 



Transit for ex- 

 port 152, 737 boxes, 7,636,850 Ibs., at 10 cts. per Ib. 763,685.00 



Total 2, 031, 347 boxes, 110, 152, 065 Ibs 11,455,037.37 



MILK AND CREAM. 



5, 867, 839 cans, 58, 678, 390 gallons milk. 

 119, 194 cans, 1, 191, 940 gallons condensed milk. 

 75, 183 cans, 751, 830 gallons cream. 



Total 6, 062, 216 cans, 60, 622, 160 gallons, valued at $9, 652, 500. 00 



Total value of dairy products handled in New York City during the 



year ending October 31, 1888 $43, 172, 756. 57 



Packages. 



Total receipts of butter for the year ending October 31, 1888 1, 733, 222 



Total receipts of butter for the year ending October 31, 1887 1, 662, 436 



Increase of receipts of butter in 1888 over 1887 70, 786 



Increase of receipts of cheese in 1888 over 1887 79, 620 



The exports of butter and cheese for the year ending October 31, 

 1888, were as follows: 



7,034,500 pounds butter, valued at $1, 266, 210. 00 



76,046,850 pounds cheese, valued at 7, 984, 919. 25 



Total value of dairy products exported 9, 251, 129. 25 



Value of butter and cheese exported in year ending October 31 , 1887 . $1 1 , 000, 450. 00 

 Value of butter and cheese exported in year ending October 31 , 1888 . 9, 251 , 129. 25 



Decrease in value of dairy products exported 1, 749, 321. 75 



The exports of butter from the port of New York and from all 

 ports in the United States for the past six years have been as follows: 



From New York. \ From all United States ports. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



1883 18,811,400 1883 22,375,708 



1884 15,865,600 | 1884 21,391,196 



1885 14, 601, 550 



1886 11, 677, 750 



1887 ,... 9,933,400 



1888 7, 034, 500 



1885 19,593,872 



1886 , 14, 404, 727 



1887 12, 531, 171 



1888* 8, 483, 685 



* Ten months- 



