MILK AS A MARKET COMMODITY 5 



Table I 



Tentative Statement by U. S. Bureau of Markets for Year 1918 of Amount and 

 Percentage of Milk Used in the Primary Manufacture of Dairy Products 

 and for Other Purposes, Based Upon the Most Reliable Sources of Infor- 

 mation Available 



Number of milk cows on farms, January i, 1918 



Number of milk covirs in towns and cities, January I, 1918 



Total number of milk cows 



Average number of dairy cows not producing milk during the year. 



23,310,000 

 1,500,000 



24,810,000 

 2,481,000 



Net number of cows producing milk on farms and in towns and cities 22,329,000 



Item 



Pounds of milk 



Percentage 

 of total 



Production of 22,329,000 dairy cows at 3,936.8 

 lbs. per cow 



Disposition of product: 



800,000,000 pounds creamery butter (at 21 lbs. 



milk) 



710,000,000 pounds dairy butter (at 21 lbs. milk) 



400,000,000 pounds cheese (at 10 lbs. milk) 



1,600,000,000 pounds condensed milk (at zyi lbs. 



milk) 



230,000,000 gallons ice cream (weighing 6 lbs. to 



the gal. 10% fat) 



5,000,000 pounds powdered milk (at 8 lbs. milk). . 

 16,000,000 pounds malted milk (at yi lb. milk) . . 



6,000,000 pounds sterilized milk (canned) 



105,000,000 persons; 45% at 0.7 pound a day 



(cities); farms with dairy cows, 30%, 1.5 lbs. 



per day; other farms and small towns, 25%, 



I lb. a day, approximately 



17,848,000 dairy calves (estimated) requirement 



of whole milk 



Losses on farms and factories — about i}i% . . 



87.90S.Si2>8oo 



16,800,000,000 

 14,910,000,000 

 4,000,000,000 



4,000,000,000 



3,300,000,000 



40,000,000 



4,000,000 



6,000,000 



38,899,875,000 



3,748,000,000 

 2.197.637.800 



19.10 



16.91 



4-45 



4-45 



3-75 

 .04 

 .004 

 .006 



44-25 



4-26 



2.50 



Total 87,905,512,800 



This statement is expressed in round numbers, and the figures in most in- 

 stances are estimates. 



