6o THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



1912 1913 



Pounds Pounds 



Europe 1,204,317 11.699 



North America 10,365,580 9,865,563 



South America 53i>3i4 596449 



Asia 4.955.635 4,147.284 



Oceana 3.073.99° 1.366,384 



Africa SI1.902 538,579 



Total amount, pounds 20,642,738 16,525,918 



Value $1,651,879 21,432,848 



Beginning with 1913 the exports increased at a phenome- 

 nal rate year by year, as is shown by the following figures: 



Pounds 



I9'3 16,525,918 



1914 22,831,904 



191S 75.689.584 



1916 219.444,018 



I9J7 428,575,213 



1918 551.139.754 



1919 852,181,414 



The largest single foreign customer in 1919 was the 

 United Kingdom, which took over 420,000,000 pounds. 

 It is noteworthy that although there were such tremen- 

 dous gains in the business as a whole, the markets nearest 

 home — the North American trade — increased their demand 

 but little. Only about 11,000,000 pounds went to these 

 markets in 1919 as compared to about 10,000,000 in 1912 

 and in 1913. The South American trade appears to have 

 been even more neglected, since it is not mentioned at 

 all In the commerce reports except as included in the 

 "other countries." * Following is the list of countries to 



' Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States, Dec, 1919, 

 p. 51. 



