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Fig. 87. — Most of the factory butter is made in the Hav aiul Tasture Region, espe- 

 cially the western portion, in the Corn Belt, and in the Pacitic Coast Rejcions. The 

 spotted character of the map, especially in the Corn Belt, indicates the concentration 

 of butter making in a relatively few cities to which the cream or butter fat is shipped 

 from the farms. Whereas only half as much butter was sold by the farmers of the 

 United States in 1919 as in 1909, the amount of butter fat Sf)ld increased 74 per cent 

 and of cream sold 50 per cent. The figures used in preparing this map were com- 

 piled from reports received by the Dairy and Poultry Division of the Bureau of .Vgri- 

 cultural Economics. Returns "received since the map was prepared increase the total for 

 the United States to 1,055,000,000 pounds. 



