THE DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRYING 



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of the northern states east of Indiana produced much less 

 but er in 1909 than they did ten years before. The Chicago 

 den and for milk was strong enough to cause a decrease in 

 but er production in Illinois. 



Ii New York, butter production decreased 40 per cent and 

 che ;se production decreased 19 per cent in ten years. At 



CREAMERIES 



EACH DOT REPRESENTS 



FIG. 71. Location of creameries in the United States. 1 



the same time cheese production increased 88 per cent in 

 Wisconsin, and butter production increased 50 per cent in 

 Minnesota. 



The great center of butter production is west of Chicago. 

 More butter is shipped from Chicago to the Eastern States 

 than is produced in the nine North Atlantic States. 2 Wis- 

 consin, Iowa, and Minnesota are the leading butter states, 

 in the order named. From the rapid rate of increase, it is 

 probable that Minnesota will rank first at the next census 



1 U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 1915, p. 396. 



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



