DAIRY FARMING 



tained an average of a little more than one dairy cow per 

 family. Because meat is so expensive we are using less of 

 it, but we are not decreasing the number of dairy cows. 



5. Amounts of Dairy Products Used. The number of 

 dairy cows just about keeps pace with population, but there 

 have been changes in the use made of milk. The amount 

 of condensed milk produced increased 165 per cent in the 

 ten years 1899 to 1909. 1 The amount of fresh milk used as 

 food has increased rapidly. In New York City the amount 

 consumed per capita has increased one-third in twenty years. 



TABLE 3. BUTTER AND CHEESE PRODUCED AND CONSUMED IN 

 THE UNITED STATES, AND MILK SHIPPED TO NEW YORK CITY 



Approximately 288 quarts of milk per person are used 

 per year in the farm family. In cities about 112 quarts 

 per capita 5 are consumed. It is possible that this differ- 

 ence has something to do with the better development of 



1 Thirteenth Census, Vol. X, p. 374. 



2 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 177, p. 7. 



3 Amount produced plus imports less exports as given in reports of U. S. 

 Dept. Agr. 



4 Data for New York City furnished by The Milk Reporter. 

 6 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 177, ;,p. 17, 18. 



