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TABLE III. 
Utilization of Milk in the U. S. 1923 (Bureau of Agricultural Eco¬ 
nomics, U. S. D. A. 1923). 
Commodity 
Pounds Whole 
Milk Used 
000 Omitted 
Unit 
Require¬ 
ment 
Pounds 
Manufac¬ 
tured 
Produce 
000 Omitted 
Per cenl of 
T otal 
Milk 
Creamery Butter. 
26,296,494 
21 
1,252 ,214 
23.963 
Farm Butter. 
12,810,000 
21 
610 ,000 
11.673 
Cheese. 
3 ,989 ,470 
10 
1398 ,947 
3.636 
Condensed and Evap. Milk 
4,437,203 
2.5 
1 ,774 ,881 
4.044 
Powdered Milk. 
52 ,480 
8 
6 ,560 
.048 
Powdered Cream. 
6 ,232 
19 
328 
.006 
Malted Milk. 
33 ,728 
2.2 
15 ,331 
.031 
80 
1 
80 
Milk Chocolate 
149 ,500 
. 136 
Ice Cream (.Gals.). 
4,054,875 
13.75 
2 294 ,900 
3.695 
Total for Manufacturing .. 
51 ,830,062 
47.232 
Ytjlk - Household TTse 
50 ,440 ,000 
3 53 gal. 
45.965 
Fpd to Calves 
4,174 ,000 
4 200 lbs. 
3.803 
3,292 ,000 
3.000 
Grand Total. 
5109,736 ,062 
100.000 
! Includes 4,250,000 pounds of farm made cheese. 
2 Gallons. 
3 Per capita consumption. Population estimated at 110,663,501. 
4 Per calf. Calves estimated as 85 % of dairy cows. 
b Represents annual production of 24,552,000 cows, averaging 4,469.5 pounds of 
milk per cow. 
TABLE IV. 
Average Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products Per Year. 
* 
Country 
Gallons 
Milk 
Pounds 
Butter 
Pounds 
Cheese 
Argentina . 
18 
3.7 
Australia . 
25.6 
4.8 
Canada. 
26.0 
27.7 
3.0 
Denmark. 
68.5 
19.0 
12.3 
Germany. 
61.0 
14.7 
9.5 
Netherlands. 
39.5 
16.8 
13.3 
Sweden . 
69.7 
16.5 
Switzerland. 
67.4 
7.5 
26.4 
United Kingdom. 
22.2 
17.0 
11.2 
United States.. 
43.0 
15.5 
4.2 
