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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION OF MILK, MILKFAT 

 AND BUTTER ON FARMS AND RANCHES 



Milk Cows Production Per Cow^/ 



Year on Farms ' / 



Milk Milkfat 



Number Pounds Pounds 



1956 95,000 5,260 195 



1957 92,000 5,320 197 



1958 88,000 5,510 204 



1959 84,000 5,600 207 



1960 77,000 5,990 222 



1961 72,000 6,210 230 



1962 67,000 6,330 234 



1963 63,000 6,440 235 



1964 60,000 6,600 241 



1965 57,000 6,630 242 



1966 53,000 6,790 248 



3.65 



360 



13 



100 



Milk Used and Marketed 



Milk Used on Farms Where Produced 



Year 



Fed 

 to 



Calves 2/ 



1956 18 



1957 18 



1958 17 



1959 16 



1960 15 



1961 14 



1962 13 



1963 13 



1964 12 



1965 11 



1966 10 



Con- 

 sumed 

 as Fluid 

 Milk or 

 Cream 



Used for 

 Farm- 



chumed 

 Butter 



Milhon Pounds 



54 

 50 

 49 

 48 



47 



45 

 42 

 41 

 39 

 36 



34 



23 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 15 



12 

 8 

 6 

 4 

 3 



Total 



95 



89 

 8S 

 83 



71 

 63 

 60 

 55 

 50 



46 



Milk Marketed bv Farmers 



Sold to Plants 

 and Dealers; / 



As 



Whole 



Milk 



222 

 230 

 237 

 240 



232 



240 

 240 

 240 

 245 



244 



1?.7 



As Farm- 

 separated 

 Cream 



Sold 

 Directly 

 to 

 Con- 

 sumers''/ 



Total 



Million Poimds 



166 

 156 

 151 

 139 

 145 



130 

 115 

 100 



89 



17 



14 



11 



8 



7 



6 

 6 

 6 



405 

 400 

 399 

 387 

 384 



376 

 361 

 346 

 341 

 328 



314 



HONEY AND BEESWAX— PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE 



^ , . Honey 



L-olonies Yield Production Price Per Pound Value of Production 



Year of pg^ 



Bees Colony Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax 



Number Pounds 1,000 Pounds Cents 1,000 Dollars 



1956 69,000 86 5,934 95 16.7 58.0 991 55 



1957 74,000 105 7,770 140 16.0 58.0 1,243 81 



1958 78.000 80 6,240 106 14.5 45.0 905 48 



1959 82,000 90 7.380 133 15.1 44.0 1,114 59 



1960 83,000 71 5,893 106 16.7 43.0 984 46 



1961 79.000 73 5,767 115 17.0 44.0 980 51 



1962 77,000 64 4,928 94 16.0 43.0 788 40 



1963 77,000 125 9,625 173 17.2 43.0 1,656 74 



1964 78,000 63 4.914 93 16.3 44.0 801 41 



1965 80,000 72 5,760 121 15.1 46.0 870 56 



1966 80,000 80 6.400 128 15.4 49.0 986 63 



' /Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 

 2 /Excludes milk sucked by calves. 

 3 /Includes milk produced by dealers own herds. 



*/Sales directly to consumers by producers who sell only milk from their own herds. Also includes milk 

 produced by institution herds. 



