PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. 
t have taken place in the improved land, the percentages (computed 
'/on the basis of United States totals) decreasing from 29.1 to 18.6, 
while the changes for population and dairy cows have been but 
slight. The changes in the population percentages for New England, 
Middle Atlantic, and East North Central States have been small, yet 
there has been a marked change in the relative importance of the 
agriculture and the dairy industry. 
Table 3. — Relative importance of the geographic divisions as to population, dairy cows, 
improved land, butter, and cheese, expressed as percentages of total United States, 
1870-1910. 
[In each year shown below, total for United States=100 per cent.] 
Year and geographic division. 
Popula- 
tion. 
Number of 
dairy cows. 
Area of 
improved 
land. 
For calendar year pre- 
ceding date of census. 
Butter pro- 
duction. 
Cheese pro- 
duction. 
1910. 
Per cent. 
7.1 
21.0 
19.8 
12.7 
13.3 
9.1 
9.5 
2.9 
4.6 
Per cent. 
4.1 
12.6 
23.4 
25.8 
8.8 
7.9 
10.9 
2.5 
4.0 
Per cent. 
1.5 
6.1 
18.6 
34.4 
10.1 
9.2 
12.2 
3.3 
4.6 
Per cent. 
4.2 
10.2 
26.2 
27.5 
7.7 
8.5 
8.3 
2.2 
5.2 
Per cent. 
1.1 
36.9 
East North Central 
56.3 
West North Central 
1.7 
South Atlantic 
.2 
East South Central 
(i) 
West South Central 
.1 
.8 
Pacific 
2.9 
Total, United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1900. 
7.4 
20.3 
21.0 
13.6 
13.8 
9.9 
8.6 
2.2 
3.2 
5.2 
15.2 
23.1 
26.4 
8.1 
7.4 
9.6 
1.9 
3.1 
2.0 
7.5 
20.9 
32.7 
11.1 
9.7 
9.6 
2.0 
4.5 
6.2 
15.7 
27.0 
27.3 
6.2 
6.6 
5.9 
1.4 
3.7 
2.3 
47.3 
East North Central 
40.3 
West North Central ; 
4.6 
.2 
East South Central 
A 
West South Central 
.2 
1.6 
Pacific 
3.4 
Total, United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1890. 
7.5 
20.2 
21.4 
14.2 
14.1 
10.2 
7.5 
1.9 
3.0 
5.0 
15.3 
22.7 
27.2 
8.3 
8.0 
9.2 
1.3 
3.0 
3.0 
8.8 
22.0 
29.5 
11.7 
10.0 
8.6 
1.5 
4.9 
6.4 
18.1 
27.1 
26.8 
6.7 
7.1 
4.2 
.7 
2.9 
3.5 
Middle Atlantic 
50.7 
East North Central 
36.5 
West North Central 
6.4 
South Atlantic 
.2 
East South Central 
.1 
West South Central 
.1 
.3 
Pacific 
2.2 
Total, United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1880. 
New England 
8.0 
20.9 
22.3 
12.3 
15.2 
11.1 
6.7 
1.3 
2.2 
6.0 
19.6 
24.0 
19.4 
10.3 
9.2 
8.1 
1.0 
2.4 
4.6 
11.7 
26.5 
21.5 
12.7 
10.8 
6.7 
.8 
4.7 
8.2 
26.2 
29.8 
17.7 
6.0 
6.4 
2.8 
.4 
2.5 
5.0 
Middle Atlantic 
57.0 
East North Central 
32.5 
West North Central 
3.1 
South Atlantic 
.3 
East South Central 
.1 
West South Central 
0) 
.3 
Pacific 
1.7 
Total, United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1870. 
9.0 
22.9 
23.7 
10-0 
15.2 
11.4 
5.3 
.8 
1.7 
7.2 
24.5 
25.2 
11.7 
11.2 
9.3 
7.4 
.9 
2.6 
6.4 
15.4 
29.1 
12.4 
16.0 
12.8 
3.6 
.3 
4.0 
9.7 
34.3 
30.4 
11.3 
5.5 
5.3 
1.3 
.3 
1.9 
10.0 
63.9 
22.0 
West North Central 
1.3 
South Atlantic 
.2 
East South Central 
.3 
West South Central 
0) 
.1 
Pacific 
2.2 
Total, United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Less than 0.05 of 1 per cent. 
