BULLETIN iTt, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 1. — Population, improved \and, dairy cows, and production of butter and cheese, 

 by geographic divisions for 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1910. 



Year and geographic division.i 



Population. 



Number of 

 dairy cows. 



Improved 

 land. 



Production for calendar 

 year preceding date of 

 census. 





Butter. 



Cheese. 



1910. 

 New England 



6, 552, 681 



19,315,892 



18,250,621 



11,637,921 



12,194,895 



8,409,901 



8, 784, 534 



2, 633, 517 



4,192,304 



841,698 

 2, 597, 652 

 4, 829, 527 

 5,327,606 

 1,810,754 

 1,628,061 

 2,249,553 

 514, 466 

 826,115 



Acres. 



7,254,904 

 29,320,894 

 88,947,228 

 164,284,862 

 48,479,733 

 43, 946, 846 

 58, 264, 273 

 15,915,002 

 22,038,008 



Pounds. 



68, 699, 379 

 165,392,518 

 424,137,997 

 444, 724, 204 

 125,256,293 

 136,791,873 

 134,876,201 



34,756,687 



84,780,111 



Pounds. 

 3 676 609 





118,339,484 



180,423,449 



5,286,968 



514 137 



East North Central 



West North Central 





East South Central 



93 971 



West South Central 



441 697 



Mountain 



2 546' 935 



Pacific 



9' 208^931 





Total, United States 



911 972, 266 



20,625,432 



478,451,750 



1, 619, 415, 263 



320, 532, 181 



1900. 

 New England 



5,592,017 



15,454,678 

 15,985,581 

 10,347,423 

 10, 443, 480 

 7, 547, 757 

 6,532,290 

 1,674,657 

 2, 416, 692 



893,478 

 2, 602, 788 

 3,962,481 

 4. 527, 803 

 1,383,319 

 1,264,282 

 1, 634, 954 

 329, 604 

 636,924 



8,134,403 

 30,786,211 

 86,670,271 

 135, 643, 828 

 46, 100, 226 

 40, 237, 337 

 39, 770, 530 



8, 402, 576 

 18, 753, 105 



92, 032, 196 



233,986,350 



403,208,930 



407, 632, 767 



92,883,312 



97, 999, 645 



88,856,542 



20, 499, 029 



54,653,831 



6,958,700 



141,259,571 



120,279,089 



13, 667, 004 



593,308 



181, 528 



473 381 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



West South Central 



Mountain 



4,709,314 

 10,222,744 



Pacific 





Total, United States 



75, 994, 575 



17,135,633 



414,498,487 



1,491,752,602 



298,344,639 



1890. 

 New England 



4, 700, 749 

 12,706,220 

 13, 478, 305 

 8,932,112 

 8,857,922 

 6,429,154 

 4, 740, 983 

 1,213,935 

 1,888,334 



822,001 

 2, 529, 060 

 3,752,237 

 4, 488, 762 

 1,369,466 

 1,312,074 

 1,517,583 

 218, 689 

 502, 078 



10,738,930 

 31,599,094 

 78, 774, 647 

 105, 517, 479 

 41,677,371 

 35, 729, 170 

 30,559,654 

 5,460,739 

 17, 559, 671 



77, 240, 024 



217,793,692 



327,051,265 



323,491,323 



80,401,070 



84,955,855 



50,347,087 



8,709,349 



35, 456, 941 



9, 107, 032 

 130 131 662 



Middle Atlantic 





93, 779, 808 



16,446,053 



415 291 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



177,070 

 172,597 

 739, 976 



West South Central 



Mountain 



Pacific 



6,779,894 





Total, United States 



62,947,714 



16,511,950 



357,616,755 



1,205,446,606 



256,749,383 



1880. 

 New England 



4,010,529 



10,496,878 



11,206,668 



6,157,443 



7.597,197 



5,585,151 



3,334,220 



653,119 



1, 114, 578 



746,656 

 2, 444, 089 

 2, 990, 852 

 2,411,229 

 1,280,761 

 1,145,403 

 1,002,037 

 124,844 

 297, 249 



13,148,466 

 33,237,166 

 75, 589, 373 

 61,252,946 

 36,170,331 

 30, 820, 882 

 18, 985, 889 

 2,213,300 

 13,352,689 



65, 934, 782 



211,073,290 



240,351,236 



143, 103, 863 



48,703,330 



51, 603, 349 



25,605,422 



3,205,759 



20,091,040 



12, 202, 042 



138, 700, 187 



78,950,611 



7,581,959 



640, 065 



184, 538 



92 386 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



West South Central 





606 392 



Pacific 



4, 199, 671 





Total, United States 



50,155,783 



12,443,120 



284,771,042 



806,672,071 



243,157,860 



1870. 

 New England 



3, 487, 924 

 8,810,806 

 9,124,517 

 3, 856, 594 

 5,853,610 

 4,404,445 

 2,029,965 

 315,385 

 675, 125 



642,593 

 2,190,429 

 2,247,683 

 1,046,324 

 1,001,094 



835,351 



659,083 

 83,419 



229, 356 



11,997,540 

 29,119,645 

 54, 899, 646 

 23,509,863 

 30,202,991 

 24, 218, 478 



6,870,297 

 676,200 



7,526,439 



49,662,325 



176,248,193 



156,138,383 



58,262,042 



28,575,306 



27,273,321 



6, 789, 083 



1,348,607 



9,795,423 



16,316,016 



104, 047, 024 



35,889,749 



2, 151, 998 



252 190 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



509,290 

 48,208 

 181, 035 



West South Central 



Mountain 



Pacific 



3,531,872 







Total, United States 



38,558,371 



8,935,332 



188,921,099 



514,092,683 



162,927,382 



1 The geographic divisions are as follows: New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- 

 setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut; Middle Atlantic: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; East 

 North Central: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Minnesota, Iowa, 

 Missouri, North Dakota^ South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas; South Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, 

 District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; 

 East South Central: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi; West South Central: Arkansas, 

 Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain: Montana, Idaho, Wyommg, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, 

 Utah, and Nevada; Pacific: Washington, Oregon, and California. 



New England and Middle Atlantic divisions combined comprise the North Atlantic geographic division 

 and the Mountain and Pacific divisions, the Western. 



