APPENDIX A 



SOME MILK STATISTICS 



GENERAL ESTIMATES FOR THE UNITED STATES * 



Total annual production of milk (1915) 



11,590,000,000 gallons f 

 (115 per capita) 



Value of the same, on the farms $2,320,000,000 



Milch cows on farms (Jan. 1, 1916) 21,988,000 



Value of the same $1,185,119,000 



Average yield per cow 537 gallons per year 



Average per capita use of milk as such. . 0.6 pints per day 



* Drawn from Monthly Crop Report, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 

 vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 31, 1916. 



t Of this the larger part is used for the manufacture of butter, cheese, 

 condensed milk, and other milk products. The proportion consumed 

 as milk is estimated as about one-quarter of the whole. 



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