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BULLETIN" 177, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Number of gallons of milk and cream received at New York City {cream not 
reduced to terms of milk) — Continued. 
Year. 
West 
Shore 
R.R. 
New York, 
Susque- 
hanna & 
Western 
R.R. 
New York, 
New 
Haven & 
Hartford 
R. R. 
Ramsdell 
Boat 
Line. 
Central 
R.R. of 
New 
Jersey. 
Long 
Island 
R.R. 
Other 
sources. 
Total. 
1900 
Gallons. 
6, 428, 330 
6, 399. 280 
6, 401. 050 
7, 146, 940 
7,075,950 
9, 016. 790 
9,506,040 
8, 387, 060 
7,957,190 
7, 722. 380 
8. 047, 520 
7. 492. 780 
7.971,610 
Gallons. 
7, 562. 400 
7, 400. 910 
7.273,030 
7, 686, 200 
7,887,610 
7, 690, 230 
8,096,880 
8, 010. 240 
7, 490. 820 
7,297,820 
7,348.910 
7.310.4.30 
7, 180. 420 
Gallons. 
4, 000, 580 
4. 161, 560 
4,022.210 
4. 327, 370 
4, 845, 820 
4, 950. 650 
6, 718, 760 
6,189,850 
6, 006, 120 
6, 188, 780 
6, 303, 250 
6, 746, 970 
5, 619, 700 
Gallons. 
3,018,910 
2. 380, 030 
2, 274, 530 
2.591,480 
2, 172, 890 
2, 192, 930 
2, 595, 600 
1,588,720 
1, 309, 380 
1, 000, 880 
957, 930 
1, 034. 750 
1,147,880 
Gallons. 
903. 690 
752, 440 
590. 900 
601, 440 
658,480 
626, 510 
830,850 
420. 180 
171, 640 
Gallons. 
Gallons. 
2,190,000 
2, 199, 460 
2, 190, 000 
2, 190, 000 
2,196,000 
2, 190, 000 
2.190.000 
2. 196. 000 
2,380,000 
2, 555, 000 
2.555,000 
2, 555, 000 
2, 562, 000 
Gallons. 
98, 116, 920 
1901 
102,091,690 
1902 
106,910.940 
1903 
114,253,870 
1904 
122, 384. 430 
1905 
1906 
130,597.280 
145, 105, 490 
1907 
1908 
150, 610, 790 
151,971,930 
1909 
157, 626. 050 
1910 
167,358,790 
1911 
176,509 960 
1912 
1 
182,233,610 
Average: 
1885-1889. 
1890-1894. 
1895-1899. 
1900-1904. 
2, 974, 892 
5, 146, 400 
6,376,398 
6, 810, 310 
8,517,892 
5, 087, 000 
5. n .2. 474 
6,991.500 
7, 562, 030 
7, 717, 198 
3,911,264 
2, 402, 730 
4. 193, 730 
4,271,508 
6, 010, 832 
1,503,784 
2. 667, 980 
2, 550, 890 
2, 487, 568 
1,772,282 
1.038.752 
953, 214 
701 . 390 
1,519,776 
1, 106, 110 
282,016 
3,302,650 
2,373,150 
2, 186, 900 
2,193,092 
2,302,200 
57,328,822 
72,346,300 
87,253,924 
108,751,570 
147, 182, 308 
1905-1909. 
1,737,502 409.836 
CHANGES IN POPULATION AND MILK RECEIPTS OF NEW YORK CITY. 
In 1886, 5,500,000 forty-quart cans of milk and cream were received 
in New York City. In 1911 this amount had increased to over 
18,000,000, or an increase of 200 per cent in 25 years. In 1880 the 
population of New York City was 1,800,000; in 1890, 2,500,000, and 
in 1910, 4,800,000. It is evident, therefore, that the increase in 
population has not been as rapid as the increase in milk receipts. In 
other words, apparently there has been an increase in the per capita 
consumption. The quantity of milk received in New York in 1910 
would make 50,000,000 pounds of butter, or 130,000,000 pounds of 
cheese, while the receipts in 1890 would make 19,500,000 pounds of 
butter, or 52,000,000 pounds of cheese; thus the increase for these 
20 years in the milk received in New York City would be equivalent 
to 30,000,000 pounds of butter, or 78,000,000 pounds of cheese. 
According to the census for these years the actual decrease in produc- 
tion for New York State was 42,000,000 pounds of butter and 19,000,- 
000 pounds of cheese, and in Pennsylvania, 5,000,000 pounds of butter 
and 7,000,000 pounds of cheese; or for the two States the decrease in 
production in the twenty years amounted to 47,000,000 pounds for 
butter and 26,000,000 pounds for cheese. Therefore New York City 
has not been the only factor in decreasing the butter and cheese pro- 
duction, but the demand of other cities for market milk has caused 
a decrease in this production equivalent to about 100,000,000 gallons. 
INFLUENCE OF MARKET MILK UPON BUTTER AND CHEESE PRODUCTION. 
Thus we see that prior to 1890 most of the railroad milk consumed 
in New York came from counties on the eastern bank of the Hudson 
River and Orange and Sullivan Counties on the west. After 1890 
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