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BULLETIN 177, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table 6. — Number of gallons of milk and cream received at New York City (cream, not 

 reduced to term,s of milk) — Continued. 



Year. 



West 

 Shore 

 R.R. 



New York, 

 Susque- 

 hanna & 

 Western 

 R.R. 



New York, 



New 



Haven & 



Hartford 



R.R. 



Ramsdell 

 Boat 

 Line. 



Central 

 R.R. of 



New 

 Jersey. 



Long 

 Island 

 R.R. 



Other 

 sources. 



Total. 



1900 



Gallons. 

 6, 428, 330 

 6, 399, 280 

 6,401,050 

 7, 146, 940 

 7, 675, 950 

 9, 016, 790 

 9,506,040 

 8,387,060 

 7,957,190 

 7, 722, 380 

 8,047,520 

 7, 492, 780 

 7, 971, 610 



Gallons. 



7,562,400 



7,400,910 



7, 273, 030 



7,686,200 



7, 887, 610 



7, 690, 230 



8, 096, 880 



8,010,240 



7,490,820 



7,297,820 



7,348,910 



7,310,450 



7, 180, 420 



Gallons. 

 4, 000, 580 

 4,161,500 

 4,022,210 

 4,327,370 

 4,845,820 

 4, 950, 650 

 6, 718, 760 

 6, 189, 850 

 6,006,120 

 6, 188, 780 

 6,303,250 

 6, 746, 970 

 5,619,700 



Gallons. 

 3,018,910 

 2, 380, 030 

 2, 274, 530 

 2,591,480 

 2,172,890 

 2, 192, 930 

 2, 595, 600 

 1,588,720 

 1,309,380 

 1,000,880 

 957, 930 

 1,034,750 

 1,147,880 



Gallons. 

 903, 690 

 752, 440 



Gallons. 



Gallons. 

 2, 190, 000 

 2, 199, 460 

 2, 190, 000 

 2, 190, 000 

 2,196,000 

 2, 190, 000 

 2, 190. 000 

 2,196,000 

 2,380,000 

 2,555,000 

 2,555,000 

 2, 555, 000 

 2, 562, 000 



Gallons. 

 98,116,920 



1901 





102,091,090 



1902 



590, 900 

 601, 440 

 658, 480 





106,910,940 

 114,253,870 

 122, 384, 430 

 130,597,280 

 145,105 490 



1903 





1904 





1905 



626,510 

 830, 850 

 420, 180 

 171, 640 





1906 





1907 





150,010 790 



1908 





151,971,930 



1909 . 





157,626,050 

 167,358,790 



1910 







1911 







176, 509, 960 

 182, 2.33, 610 



1912 















Average: 



1885-1889. 

 1890-1894. 

 1895-1899. 

 1900-1904. 



2, 974, 892 

 5, 146, 400 

 6,376,398 

 6,810,310 

 8,517,892 



5,087,000 

 5, 862, 474 

 6,991,500 

 7,562,030 

 7, 717, 198 



3,911,264 

 2, 402, 730 

 4, 103, 730 

 4,271,508 

 6, 010, 832 



1,503,784 

 2, 667, 980 

 2,550,890 

 2, 487, 568 

 1,737,502 



1,772,282 



1,038,752 



953, 214 



701,390 



409, 836 



1,519,776 



1, 106, 110 



282,016 



3,302,650 

 2. 373, 150 

 2,186,900 

 2,193,092 

 2, 302, 200 



57,328,822 

 72,346,300 

 87,253,924 

 108,751,570 



1905-1909 





147,182,308 









CHANGES IN POPULATION AND MILK RECEIPTS OF NEW YORK CITY. 



In 1886, 5,500,000 forty-quart cans of milk and cream were received 

 in New York City. In 1911 this amount had increased to over 

 18,000,000, or an increase of 200 per cent in 25 years. In 1880 the 

 population of New York City was 1,800,000; in 1890, 2,500,000, and 

 in 1910, 4,800,000. It is evident, therefore, that the increase in 

 population has not been as rapid as the increase in milk receipts. In 

 other words, apparently there has been an increase in the per capita 

 consumption. The quantity of milk received in New York in 1910 

 would make 50,000,000 pounds of butter, or 130,000,000 pounds of 

 cheese, while the receipts in 1890 would make 19,500,000 pounds of 

 butter, or 52,000,000 pounds of cheese; thus the increase for these 

 20 years in the milk received in New York City would be equivalent 

 to 30,000,000 pounds of butter, or 78,000,000 pounds of cheese. 

 According to the census for these years the actual decrease in produc- 

 tion for New York State was 42,000,000 pounds of butter and 19,000,- 

 000 pounds of cheese, and in Pennsylvania, 5,000,000 pounds of butter 

 and 7,000,000 pounds of cheese; or for the two States the decrease in 

 production in the twenty years amounted to 47,000,000 pounds for 

 I)utter and 26,000,000 pounds for cheese. Therefore New York City 

 has not been the only factor in decreasing the butter and cheese pro- 

 duction, but the demand of other cities for market milk has caused 

 a decrease in this production equivalent to about 100,000,000 gallons. 



INFLUENCE OF MARKET MILK UPON BUTTER AND CHEESE PRODUCTION. 



Thus we see that prior to 1890 most of the railroad milk consumed 

 in New York came from counties on the eastern bank of the Hudson 

 River and Orange and Sulhvan Counties on the west. After 1890 



