Condensed Milk and Milk Powder 15 



were included in the above figures, the estimate of the total output 

 would be materially increased. 



In 1899, there were in operation in this country about fifty 

 factories manufacturing condensed milk, distributed over fourteen 

 different states, New York and Illinois leading the list by over 50 

 per cent. In 1904, the Government estimated the total number of 

 condenseries in operation at eighty-seven. Today there are in the 

 United States over two hundred milk condensing factories, dis- 

 tributed over twenty-three different states as shown below. 



Distribution of Milk Condensing Factories in United States' 



Total 23 240 



