PEODUCTIOISr AND CONSUMPTIOlSr OF DAIEY PRODUCTS. 



17 



RECEIPTS OF BUTTER AT NEW YORK CITY. 



The receipts of butter at New York City amounted to 75,000,000 

 pounds in 1880 and increased to 125,000,000 in 1910. At the earlier 

 date the shipments east of Chicago amounted to less than 60,000,000 

 pounds, so that New York City could not have been entirely depend- 

 ent upon butter shipped from Chicago. However, in 1911 there 

 were shipped east 240,000,000 pounds, or nearly twice the amount 

 received at New York. Therefore, it is readily seen that western 

 butter must go into other eastern markets as well as New York City. 



Taking the difference between the average per capita production 

 for the United States as a whole and the average per capita con- 

 smnption, the North Atlantic States would show a deficit of nearly 

 200,000,000 pounds; while the North Central States would have a 

 surplus of 325,000,000 pounds; so it will be seen that the latter group 

 supphes the deficit, not only for the Northern Atlantic States, but 

 also for other parts of the country. 



SPECIAL STUDY OF CONSUMPTION OF MILK AND BUTTER. 



QUANTITY OF MELK USED ON FARMS. 



A circular letter was sent to correspondents of the Bureau of Crop 

 Estimates asking for the number of persons in a household and the 

 average daily consumption of milk and of butter. Replies to this 

 letter indicated that the average person in a farm household con- 

 sumes about three-fourths of a quart of milk per day. This in- 

 cludes milk used for cooking, as well as that consumed raw or used 

 w^th tea or coffee. The average household of the farmer was found to 

 be 5.3 persons, so that altogether they consumed over 4 quarts per 

 day. If the average consumption per farm for the year is multiplied 

 by the total number of farms reporting dairy cows it shows that 

 nearly 8,000,000,000 quarts of milk are used on farms for consump- 

 tion raw. This amount nearly equals the quantity received by butter, 

 cheese factories, and condenseries. 



Table 10.- 



—Milk consumption 



on farms. 







Oeographic division. 



Average 

 number of 



members 



per 

 household. 



Average milk con- 

 sumed— 



Farms 

 reporting 

 dairy cows. 



Estimated 

 total milk 



Per house- 

 hold per 

 year. 



Per capita 

 per year. 



consumption 

 on farms. 



New EnRland 



5.3 

 4.0 

 4.7 

 5.4 

 5.3 

 5.5 

 5.9 

 0.2 

 4.0 



Quarts. 

 1,425 

 1,059 

 1,111 

 1,430 

 1,508 

 1,780 

 1,802 

 1,980 

 1,304 



Quarts. 



271 

 231 

 238 

 207 

 297 

 320 

 317 

 319 

 270 



Number. 

 117,028 

 ■100, 473 



1,009,479 

 989, 135 

 794,710 

 815,423 

 724,400 

 120,328 

 139,821 



Quarts. 

 209 514 000 



Middle Atlantic 



424 100 907 



Kast .North Central 



1 121 5:il 109 



'.Vest North Central 



1 , 420 397 800 



• 11 th Athintic 





. , iist South O.ntral 



1 451 '452' 940 



\\ est .South Central 



1,348,955'092 

 238 971 458 



MounUin 



I'acinc 



190,715,844 





'I'otal, United Hlatm 



6.3 



1,488 



288 



5,140,809 









