CHAPTER III 



Geographic Distribution of Butter-Producing Areas 



historic changes 



The westward course of the butter belt in the United 

 States is shown in Table no. 7. This table shows that the 

 center of butter production remained in the Middle At- 



TABLE VII 



The Amount of Butter Produced in the United States by 



Geographic Divisions from 1850 to 1910 



(000 omitted) 



Geographic 

 Divisions 



1910 



Pounds 



New England (a) 



Middle Atlantic . . : 165,392 



E. N. Central 424,137 



W. N. Central . . . . 444,724 



South Atlantic | (a) 



E. S. Central | (a) 



W. S. Central I (a) 



Mountain ! (a) 



Pacific ; 84,780 



1900 



Pounds 



92,032 

 233.986 

 403,208 

 407,632 



92,883 



(a) 



88,856 



(a) 



54.653 



1890 1880 



Pounds 

 77,240 



217,793 

 327,051 



323,5 00 

 80,414 



*4,955 



5°.347 



8,748 



35.456 



Pounds 



65.934 

 211,073 

 240,351 

 i43,'°3 

 48,7°3 

 5». fc °3 

 22,605 



3.205 

 20,091 



1850 



Pounds 

 43,024 

 129,131 



7°-557 

 10,006 

 28,105 

 26,442 

 4,882 



83 

 212 



" (a) Cannot be shown separately, as to do so would disclose individual opera- 

 tions." Vide, U. S. Census. Data taken from Statistical Abstract of the United 

 States. 



lantic states from 1850 to 1870, that during the succeeding 

 decade it moved west into the East North Central states 

 and remained there until 1890, and that between 1890 and 

 1900 it moved still farther west into the West North Cen- 

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