10 HINTS ON DAIRYING. 



PRODUCT PER COW AND PER CAPITA. 



And now let us compare the product per cow and per 

 capita. It was in 



Lbs. per Lbs. per 

 cow capita 



1850 418,881,199 Ibs., or 05.77 or 18.06 



1880 1,049,829,921 Ibs., or 84.37 or 20.93 



Increase in 30 years 18.60 2.87 



HOME CONSUMPTION VS. EXPORTS. 



But it should be borne in mind that in 1850 very near- 

 ly all our dairy products were consumed at home ; where- 

 as in 1880, we exported a large amount. As the exports 

 do not all come in the year of production, we will take 

 the average amount of exports for 1879 and 1880: 

 Lbs. Butter. Lbs. Cheese. 



Exports, 1879 38,248,016 141,654,474 



1880 39,236,658 127,553,907 



Divided by 2)77,484,674 269,208,361 



Yearly average 38,742,337 134,604,190 



Add butter and cheese together. . 38,742,337 



We have a yearly av. export of. .173,346,527 

 l>o;m:ls of product. If we take this from the total pro- 



tltict of 1880 1,049,829,921 pounds 



173,346,527 pounds 



^ V < J ii.'ive 876,483,394 pounds 



')!' product for home consumption, or more than five times 

 :is muA\ as we export. This is a consumption of 17.47 



