Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . he century, it is estimated thatthere is one milch cow in the United States to every four persons. Thismakes the total number of cows about 17,500,000. They are quite unevenlydistributed over the country, being largely concentrated in the great dairyStates. Thus Iowa leads with a million and a ha
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . he century, it is estimated thatthere is one milch cow in the United States to every four persons. Thismakes the total number of cows about 17,500,000. They are quite unevenlydistributed over the country, being largely concentrated in the great dairyStates. Thus Iowa leads with a million and a half cows, followed by NewYork with almost as many, and then Illinois and Pennsylvania with about amillion each. The States having over half a million each are Wisconsin,Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Indiana. Texas is creditedwith 700,000, but very few of them are dairy animals. In the Middle andEastern States the milk product goes very largely to the supply of the numer-ous cities and large towns. In the Central West and Northwest butter is theprincipal dairy product. It is estimated that the dairy animals of the UnitedStates include nearly half a million which are pure bred, and that this bloodhas been so generally diffused that more than one fourth of the cattle THB DAIRY MAID. 200 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX CENTURY The following table gives approximately an exhibit of the quantity andvalue of the dairy products of the United States in the year 1900 : — ( OWS, Millions. Product. Kate of Product. Total Product. Rate of Value. Total Value, Dollars. 1115 1-2 ButterCheeseMilk 130 gals. 1,430,000,000 lbs. 300,000,000 lbs. 2,090,000,000 gals. 18 cents8 cents8 cents 257,400,000 24,000,000 167,200,000 This gives the grand total of the dairy products of the country a value of$448,600,000. If to this be added the skim milk, buttermilk, and whey, attheir proper feeding value, and the calves dropped yearly, the annual aggre-gate value
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