8 BULLETIN" 296, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



zuela has been a good market for butter during the last 20 years, 

 receiving about one-half million pounds annually. 



Canada has been the chief source of supply for butter imported 

 into the United States. The imports from that country during the 

 five-year period 1895-1899 were 74.7 per cent of all imports. Dur- 

 ing 1900-1904 that country supplied 51.6 per cent; 1905-1909, 45 

 per cent ; 1910-1914, 25 per cent. Other countries in 1914 supplying 

 large quantities of butter were Denmark, United Kingdom, and New 

 Zealand. The imports of butter for the five years ending 1914 ranged 

 from a little over 1 million pounds in 1910 to nearly 8 million pounds 

 in 1914. 



Cheese. — The cheese exports have ranged from 60 million pounds 

 in 1895 to a little less than 2-| million pounds in 1914, of which about 

 three-fourths were sent to the United Kingdom. Other good markets 

 during the last five years were Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and 

 the British West Indies. 



The imports of cheese for the last 20 years have ranged from 10 

 million pounds in 1895 to 64 million pounds in 1914. The annual 

 imports during the five years 1895-1899 were more than 11 million 

 pounds; 1900-1904, nearly 18 million pounds; 1905-1909, more than 

 80 million pounds ; 1910-1914, 49 million pounds. Italy and Switzer- 

 land each supplied about one-third during the 20 years just men- 

 tioned. Other countries supplying large quantities during the same 

 period were France, Germany, Greece, and the Netherlands. The 

 average annual imports from Italy ranged from a little over 3 

 million pounds during 1895-1899 to nearly 21 million pounds during 

 1910-1914. The average annual supply from Switzerland ranged 

 from 5 million pounds during the five years 1895-1899 to nearly 17 

 million pounds during 1910-1914. 



Cream.— More than one-half of the milk, including cream, was sent 

 to Canada, and was valued at $245,000 in 1912, $474,000 in 1913, and 

 $333,000 in 1914. The imports of cream in 1910 were 731,783 gal- 

 lons, 2,333,000 gallons in 1911, 1,121,000 gallons in 191-2, 1.247,000 

 gallons in 1913, and 1,773,000 gallons in 1914. Practically all of 

 this product came from Canada, the percentage being 99.99. The av- 

 erage import value was about $1 per gallon. 



Milk. — The quantity of condensed milk exported has only boon 

 shown for the last five years. The exports were 13 million pounds in 

 1910 and 16 million pounds in 1914. Cuba received nearly one-half 

 of this article, and other good markets were Panama. Mexico. China, 

 Asiatic Russia, and the Philippine Islands. Imports of milk, fresh 

 and condensed, were valued at $63,000 in 1910, increasing to $1,089,- 

 000 in 1914. The United Kingdom and Canada have been the chief 

 sources of supply for this product. 



