MILK AS A MARKET COMMODITY 5 



TABLE I 



Tentative Statement by U. S. Bureau of Markets for Year 1918 of Amount and 

 Percentage of Milk Used in the Primary Manufacture of Dairy Products 

 and for Other Purposes, Based Upon the Most Reliable Sources of Infor- 

 mation Available 



Number of milk cows on farms, January i, 1918 23,310,000 



Number of milk cows in towns and cities, January i, 1918 1,500,000 



Total number of milk cows 24,810,000 



Average number of dairy cows not producing milk during the year. . . 2,481,000 



Net number of cows producing milk on farms and in towns and cities 22,329,000 



This statement is expressed in round numbers, and the figures in most in- 

 stances are estimates. 



