A picture of the dairy industry . Table II. EXPORTS OF BUTTER (1909-13) Country : Millions ofPounds 1. Denmark : 210 2. Russia • 172* 3. The Netherlands : 86 4. Australia 64 5. France : 44 6. New Zealand ; 40 7. Sweden 28 8. United States : 15 9. Italy : 9 ?Before-the-war figures. Russia ex-ports little now (1922). has exports of butter greater than those of theUnited States. New Zealand is sixth in the rank ofnations, while the United States is eighth. (SeeTable II.) A PICTURE OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY This is one of the most important tables in thecourse. Be sure you are thoroughly familiar with
A picture of the dairy industry . Table II. EXPORTS OF BUTTER (1909-13) Country : Millions ofPounds 1. Denmark : 210 2. Russia • 172* 3. The Netherlands : 86 4. Australia 64 5. France : 44 6. New Zealand ; 40 7. Sweden 28 8. United States : 15 9. Italy : 9 ?Before-the-war figures. Russia ex-ports little now (1922). has exports of butter greater than those of theUnited States. New Zealand is sixth in the rank ofnations, while the United States is eighth. (SeeTable II.) A PICTURE OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY This is one of the most important tables in thecourse. Be sure you are thoroughly familiar withthis rank of nations before leaving the table. Where Our Imported Cheese Comes From While the United States manufactures a largeamount of cheese and exports some, still we are a bigimporting nation, getting a large part of our importsfrom France, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland. Forexample, in 1921 we imported over 9 million pounds of BIG BUYERS AND SELLERS OF BUTTER AND CHEESE 1913 IViB16 BUYERS OF BUTTER BIG BUYERS OF CHEESE. FIGURE 1. THE WORLDS TRADE IN BUTTER AND CHEESE The rank of countries varies with different years. This indicates the wide fluctuation in exports. Dont be confused because Table II shows a different rank. It is based on a different period cheese from Italy, 8 million pounds from Argentina^over 2 million pounds from Switzerland, two millionpounds from France, one million pounds from theNetherlands, and 419,000 pounds from Greece. We Export More Dairy Products Than We Import Taking dairy products as a whole, the UnitedStates is far ahead in the balance of trade. That is,she exports a great deal more than she butter, cheese, and condensed andevaporated milk all together, in 1919 we exported 2billion 600 million pounds more than we imported. 10 DAIRY LESSON 1 Who Buys Our Dairy Exports We have some very good customers close at handin the so-called Pan-American countries. Thesecountries buy butter, cheese, and condensed milkfrom us. The p
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