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BULLETIN 177, U. S. DEPAETMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Prior to 1875, shipments of butter amounted to less than- 20,000,000 

 pounds, but in the next five years they had reached 35,000,000 

 pounds and in 1911, 285,000,000 pounds. Of the 1910 shipments 

 75 per cent were forwarded over "eastern Hues" and, presumably, 

 were consumed in the North Atlantic States. In 1911 the shipments 

 of butter over "eastern Hnes" exceeded the entire farm and factory 

 production in the North Atlantic States. 



Table 9.- — Receipts and shipments of butter at Chicago, 1870-1911. 





Receipts. 



Year. 



Chicago & 

 , North West- 

 ern Ry. 



Illinois Cen- 

 tral Ry. 



Chicago, Rock 

 Island & Pa- 

 cific Ry. 



Chicago, Bur- 

 lington & 

 Quincy R. R. 



1900 



Pounds. 

 72,341,368 

 67,504,965 

 70,756,785 

 74,394,032 

 74,163,297 

 77,386,276 

 62,352,403 

 71,327,391 

 82,140,322 

 79,079,399 

 105,892,369 

 106,174,300 



Pounds. 

 15,091,300 

 16,157,000 

 15,545,900 

 14,512,200 

 18,707,620 

 20,039,400 

 23,682,800 

 22,968,265 

 19,774,100 

 19,419,500 

 16,818,200 

 10,652,300 



Pounds. 

 16,945,148 

 12,953,692 

 9,630,909 

 14,839,751 

 20,605,673 

 40,318,260 

 33,802,475 

 27,794,396 

 28,995,256 

 17,426,093 

 19,870,309 

 20,675,900 



Pounds. 

 17,042,055 

 22,440,240 



1901 



1902 



21,511,390 



1903 



19,697,800 



1904 



18,529,708 



1905 



23,272,195 



1906 



33,694,683 



1907 



47,907,105 



1908 



65,287,598 



1909 



67,144,541 



1910 



57,429,012 

 58,418,200 



1911 







Average: 



1870-1874 \ 



5,980,855 

 14,830,358 

 20,859,824 

 34,987,966 

 35,601,770 

 67,707,672 

 71,832,089 

 74,457,158 





1,596,560 

 2,355,528 

 8,596,308 

 13,680,105 

 21,772,140 

 30,992,093 

 14,995,035 

 29,667,296 



5,047,724 

 6,055,937 



1875-1879 



6,705,835 

 11,512,078 

 14,630,295 

 12,574,276 

 16,332,074 

 16,002,804 

 21,176,813 



1880-1884 



7,557,451 



1885-1889 



12,810,383 



1890-1894 



12,145,476 



1895-1899 



20, 027, 476 



1900-1904. 



19,844,239 



1905-1909 



45,461,224 









Receipts. 





Year. 



Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee, & St. 

 Paul Ry. 



Other routes. 



Total. 



Total ship- 

 ments. 



1900 



Pounds. 

 89,586,700 

 98,205,060 

 65,649,800 

 63,108,400 

 62,446,200 

 65,252,973 

 48,679,084 

 47,947,342 

 74,041,760 

 71,048,129 

 71,490,137 

 64,326,100 



Pounds. 

 33,378,619 

 36,548,286 

 36,137,758 

 45,480,301 

 48,671,648 

 45,645,699 

 46,436,653 

 45,770,143 

 46,455,746 

 40,429,173 

 47,485,473 

 74,685,600 



Pounds. 



244,385,190 



253,809,243 



219,232,542 



232,032,484 



243,124,146 



271,914,803 



248,648,098 



263,714,642 



316,694,782 



284,546,835 



318,985,500 



334,932,400 



Pounds. 

 208,536,699 



1901 



245,488,028 



1902 



201,787,285 



1903 



197,620,859 



1904 



249,359,694 



1905 .. 



254,130,889 



1906 . 



252,807,516 



1907 



252,005,932 



1908.. 



269,178,313 



1909 



235,648,837 



1910 



266,288,900 



1911 



285,685,400 







Average: 



1870-1874 











1875-1879 



7,510,102 

 21,493,212 

 30,302,740 

 38,901,702 

 75,910,798 

 75,799,232 

 61,393,858 



2,702,835 

 1,842,147 

 7,093,265 

 15,449,152 

 9,532,719 

 40,043,322 

 44,947,483 



40,160,595 

 71,861,020 

 113,504,754 

 136,444,516 

 220,502,832 

 238,516,721 

 277,103,832 



37,234,087 



1880-1884 



68,644,705 



1885-1889 



114,995,773 



1890-1894 



148,425,031 



1895-1899. 



200,973,969 



1900-1904 



220,558,513 



1905-1909 



252,754,297 







