Foreign Commerce of the United States for 1878. 547 
the milk and butter produce of the State of New York alone 
reached the value of 57,000,000 dollars, and, including milk, 
100,000,000 dollars. In the city of New York, in 1876, the 
total value of milk, butter, and cheese, received, according to 
the daily reports of the Board of Trade, was over 55,500,000 
dollars, while in the single dairy product of cheese, the State 
of Illinois increased her yield sevenfold between 1870 and 
1874. There are now important dairy districts in all parts of 
the South, and there are indications that the northern cities 
will soon be supplied with fresh grass butter throughout the 
whole winter from ^lississippi, Tennessee, and other regions, 
where before the war the growth of grass was regarded as an 
impossibility. ' 
Mr. Drummond's Report as to the production of meat, 
whether dead or alive, and the conditions under which it can 
be exported, is, I regret to say, very meagre, being confined to 
the tables of exportation during the years ending June 30, 1875 
to 1878 inclusive : — ■ 
Peodccis. 
1875. 
1876. 
1877. 
1878. 
Animals Lirrs'G. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
1 
Dollars. 
Hogs 
739,215 
670,042 
699,180 
267,259 
Homed Cattle 
1,103,085 
1,110,703 
1,593,080 
3,896,818 
242,031 
246,964 
301,134 
798,723 
356,828 
224,860 
478,434 
501,513 
183,898 
171,101 
234,480 
333,499 
Pbotisioss. 
Bacon and Hams 
28,612,613 
39,664,456 
49,512,412 
51,752,068 
4,552,523 
5,009,856 
4,197,956 
3,186,304 
2,950,952 
2,973,234 
1,506,996 
1,109,496 
4,424,616 
3,931,822 
13,659,603 
12,270,083 
12,700,627 
14,103,529 
Lard 
22,900,522 
22,429.485 
25,562,665 
30,014,524 
Meats preserved . . 
735,112 
998,052 
3,939,977 
5,102,625 
Mutton, fresh 
36,480 
9,272 
Pork 
5,671.495 
5,744,022 
6,296,414 
4,913,657 
The United Kingdom is the principal customer for this 
agricultural produce, although a considerable portion of the 
hogs, horses, mules, and sheep go to the West Indies, Central 
America, and Japan ; and of salted and preserved provisions 
the W est Indies take a good share. 
Undoubtedly this Report presents to us a wonderful account 
of the prosperity and the productive power of American agri- 
culture ; and of the vast resources which the United States possess 
