BULLETIIS" 177, U. S. DEPARTMEISTT OP AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 2. — Population, improved larid, dairy cows, and production of butter and cheese, 

 by geographic divisions, for 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1910, expressed as percentages of 

 1870. 



[1870= 100 per cent.] 



Year and geographic division. 



Population. 



Dairy cows. 



Improved 

 land. 



Production for calendar year 

 preceding date of census. 





Butter. 



Cheese. 



1910. 

 New England . . 



Per cent. 

 187.9 

 219.2 

 200.0 

 301.8 

 208.3 

 190.9 

 432.7 

 835.0 

 621.0 



Per cent. 

 131.0 

 118.6 

 214.9 

 509.2 

 180.9 

 194.9 

 341.3 

 616.7 

 360.2 



Per cent. 

 60.5 

 100.7 

 162.0 

 698.8 

 160.5 

 181.5 

 848.1 

 2, 762. 1 

 292.8 



Per cent. 



138.3 



93.8 



271.6 



763.3 



438.3 



501.0 



1,986.7 



2,577.2 



865.5 



Per cent. 



22.5 



Middle Atlantic 



113.7 





502.7 



West North Central . - . . 



245.7 



South Atlantic 



203.9 





18.5 



West South Central 



916.2 





1, 406. 9 



Pacific 



260.7 







Total, United States 



' 238.5 



230.8 



253.3 



315.0 



196.7 



1900. 

 New England 



160.3 

 175.4 

 175.2 

 268.3 

 178.4 

 171.4 

 321.8 

 531.0 

 358.0 



139.0 

 118.8 

 176.3 

 432.7 

 138.2 

 151.3 

 248.1 

 395.1 

 234.1 



67.8 

 105.7 

 157.9 

 577.0 

 152.6 

 166.1 

 578.9 

 1,458.3 

 249.2 



185.3 

 132.8 

 258.2 

 699.7 

 325.0 

 359.3 

 1,308.8 

 1,520.0 

 558.0 



42.6 





135.8 



East North Central 



335.1 



West North Central 



635 1 



South Atlantic 



235.3 



East South Central 



35.6 



West South Central 



982.0 





2,601 3 



Pacific 



289.4 







Total, United States 



197.1 



191.8 



219.4 



290.2 



183.1 



1890. 

 New England 



134.8 

 144.2 

 3> 147. 7 

 231.6 

 151.3 

 148.0 

 233.5 

 384.9 

 279.7 



127.9 

 115.5 

 166.9 

 429.0 

 136.8 

 157.1 

 230.3 

 262.2 

 218.9 



89.5 

 108.5 

 143.5 

 448.8 

 138.0 

 147.5 

 444.8 

 947.7 

 233.3 



155.5 

 123.6 

 209.5 

 555.2 

 281.4 

 311.5 

 741.6 

 645.8 

 362.0 



55 8 



Middle Atlantic . . 



125.1 



East North Central 



261.3 



West North Central 



764.2 





164 7 



East South Central 



34 8 



West South Central 



358.0 



Mountain 



408.7 





163.6 







Total, United States 



163.3 



184.8 



189.3 



234.5 



157.6 



1880. 



115.0 

 119.1 

 122.8 

 159.7 

 129.8 

 126.8 

 164.2 

 207.1 

 165.1 



116.2 

 111.6 

 133.1 

 230.4 

 127.9 

 137.1 

 152.0 

 149.7 

 129.6 



109.6 

 114.1 

 137.7 

 260.5 

 119.8 

 127.3 

 276.3 

 384.1 

 1/7.4 



132.8 

 119.8 

 153.9 

 245.6 

 170.4 

 189.2 

 333.0 

 237.7 

 205.1 



74.8 





133.3 





220.0 



West North Central 



352.3 



South Atlantic 



253.8 



East South Central 



36.2 





191.6 





335.0 



Pacific 



118.9 







Total, United States 



130.1 



139.3 



150.7 



156.9 



149.2 



CONDITIONS IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS. 



The variations in the changes of the various elements connected 

 with dairying have had marked influence upon the relative impor- 

 tance of this industry in the different geographic divisions. In 1870 

 the New England States had 6.4 per cent of. the total improved land 

 of the United States, while in 1910 they had only 1.5 per cent. 

 Similar percentages for population were 9 and 7.1, respectively, and 

 for dairy cows 7.2 and 4.1 per cent, of the totals for the United 

 States. For the Middle Atlantic States the changes in the percent- 

 ages for population have been but slight, while the per cent for 

 improved land had decreased in 1910 to less than half of what it 

 was in 1870, and the per cent of dairy cows decreased nearly one- 

 half. The most marked changes for the East North Central States 



