Dairying in Maine. 



397 



and the amount of flour and other products produced in 1900 

 and 1 890 : — 





1900. 



1890. 





Grain used. 



Bushels. 

 000 omitted. 



produced. 

 Cwts. 

 000 omitted. 



Grain used. 



Bushels. 

 000 omitted. 



produced. 



Cwts. 

 000 omitted. 



Wheat 



Maize 



Rye 



Buckwheat 



Barley 



Other Grain... 

 Hominy 



Offal 



Other Products 



489,914 

 241,029 

 12,721 



8,317 

 12,289 

 70,873 



179,417 

 70,063 



3,044 

 1,907 

 890 



2,730 

 58,570 

 £18,214 



385,750 

 166,293 

 12,140 

 7,032 

 8,696 

 47,104 



141 ,660 

 64,571 

 3,740 

 1,611 

 2,900 



2,052 

 62,517 

 £6,798 



The most interesting feature of the returns is the large amount 

 of material (chiefly barley and maize) which is no longer ground 

 for flour, but is turned out as "feed." This " feed " amounted in 

 1900 to 89,833,000 cwt. (valued at £16,947,000), and accounted 

 for nearly all the "other products" in the above table. The 

 corresponding quantity produced in 1890 is not given. 



Dairy Industry in Maine. 



According to the United States census, there were 1 / 3,59— 

 dairy cows on 49,161 farms in the State of Maine in 1901. The 

 total amount of milk produced was 99,586,188 gallons, or an 

 average of 573 gallons per cow, i.e., a little over 6J- quarts per 

 day per cow, supposing the animals to have been in milk during 

 the whole year. There were manufactured on the farms 

 16,174,173 lb. of butter, and 425,102 lb. of cheese, of which 

 1 1,030,091 lb. and 365,936 lb. respectively were sold. The value 



