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tral states where, in 1909, the product constituted 27.5 per 

 cent of the total amount of butter produced in the United 

 States. In 1899 this geographic division produced 27.3 

 per cent of the total product while the East North Central 

 division produced 27.0 per cent of the total product. In 

 1909 the latter division dropped to 26.2 per cent. At the 

 last census therefore the East and West North Central 

 states produced 45 per cent of the total amount of butter 

 produced in the United States. New York for a long time 

 held first place in the production of butter, but in 1909 

 it ranked eighth, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois, all producing more 

 butter than New York. 



TABLE VIII 



The Amount of Butter Produced in the Largest Dairy 

 States from 1850 to 1910 



(000 omitted) 



State 



1910 



1900 J 1890 1880 



Pounds Pounds; Pounds Pounds 



Wisconsin J 131,085 106,552 



Iowa I 127,261 139,022 j 



Minnesota 1123,551 82,363 



Pennsylvania ... 01,642 111,358 



Michigan | 85,917 67,872 



Ohio j 81,060 87,638 



Illinois ! 71,180 86,548 



6o.355 

 126,036 



48,677 

 96,199 



5 2 .343 

 81,522 

 82,674 



New York ; 69,358 115,408; 112,727 



33.842 

 61,665 

 19,244 

 80,322 

 38,865 

 69,722 



60,208 ; 



120,878 



1850 



Pounds 



3,633 

 2,171 

 1,100 



39,878 

 7,065 



34,449 

 12,526 

 79,766 



(From Statistical Abstract of the United States). 



As is shown by table no. 8, New York was the largest 

 butter-producing state as late as 1880. If there were cen- 

 sus figures to show the amount of butter produced from 

 the beginning of our national life to 1850, they would 

 probably place New York state first in the production of 



