Dairy farming / by C.H. Eckles ... and G.F. Warren.

  • Eckles, Clarence Henry, 1875-1933.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Dairy farming / by C.H. Eckles ... and G.F. Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tained an average of a little more than one dairy cow per family. Because meat is so expensive we are using less of it, but we are not decreasing the number of dairy cows. 5. Amounts of Dairy Products Used. The number of dairy cows just about keeps pace with population, but there have been changes in the use made of milk. The amount of condensed milk produced increased 165 per cent in the ten years 1899 to 1909.1 The amount of fresh milk used as food has increased rapidly. In New York City the amount consumed per capita has increased one-third in twenty years. Table 3. — Butter and Cheese Produced and Consumed in the United States, and Milk Shipped to New York City Year Butter Cheese Milk and Cream Shipped to New York City 4 Produced per Capita 2 Consumed per Capita 3 Produced per Capita 2 Consumed per Capita 3 Milk per Capita Condensed Milk and Cream Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Quarts Quarts 1870 13.3 4.2 1880 16.1 4.8 1890 19.1 18.9 4.1 2.9 100 2 1900 19.6 19.4 3.9 3.6 109 5 1910 17.6 17.5 3.5 3.8 133 7 Approximately 288 quarts of milk per person are used per year in the farm family. In cities about 112 quarts per capita5 are consumed. It is possible that this differ¬ ence has something to do with the better development of 1 Thirteenth Census, Vol. X, p. 374. 2 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 177, p. 7. 3 Amount produced plus imports less exports as given in reports of U. S. Dept. Agr. 4 Data for New York City furnished by The Milk Reporter. 5 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 177, pp. 17, 18.