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THE BUTTER INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES 



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As the length of the haul increases fresh milk becomes 

 more and more expensive, and the effect is to intensify 

 fresh-milk production within a limited area and to force 

 butter production outside of this area. 



The fact also that much of the milk produced in the 

 morning cannot be made available for consumption before 

 the following morning when hauled long distances, is an- 

 other inhibition against spreading the production of city- 

 milk over an extended area. 



In the sections of the country as listed in table no. 11, 

 dairying is most important in the first four geographic divi- 

 sions. In the New England and Middle Atlantic states the 



TABLE XII 

 Value of Hay and Forage per Ton and Average Yield per Acre 



United States 



New England .. 

 Middle Atlantic 

 E. N. Central . . 

 W. N. Central . 

 South Atlantic. 

 E. S. Central • . . 

 W. S. Central,.. 



Mountain 



Pacific 



1879 



"5 



0.96 

 1. 10 

 1. 17 



1-32 

 0.84 

 0.82 

 0.83 

 1.13 

 1.45 



(From U. S. Census.) 



crops ranking first in value are hay and forage. This is due 

 to the fact that the demand caused by the existence of the 

 great number of draught animals in cities and smaller urban 

 centers makes it profitable to raise hay and forage. As 

 shown in table no. 12, the average value per ton of hay is 



