. The butter industry in the United States : an economic study of butter and oleomargarine. Butter; Margarine. 32i] BUTTER-PRODUCING AREAS 97 higher in New England and the Middle Atlantic states than in the East and West North Central states. This is of course due to the fact that hay and forage are in great de- mand in the east, and, having a high transportation charge, they can be raised more profitably in the east than in the middle west. The census figures show that there is a slight change in progress as to the number of draught animals used in the big cities. TABLE XIII The Number of Dra
. The butter industry in the United States : an economic study of butter and oleomargarine. Butter; Margarine. 32i] BUTTER-PRODUCING AREAS 97 higher in New England and the Middle Atlantic states than in the East and West North Central states. This is of course due to the fact that hay and forage are in great de- mand in the east, and, having a high transportation charge, they can be raised more profitably in the east than in the middle west. The census figures show that there is a slight change in progress as to the number of draught animals used in the big cities. TABLE XIII The Number of Draught Animals (Horses, Mules, Asses, and Burros) in Large Cities of the United States in 1900 and 1910 City New Chicago — Philadelphia St. Louis ... Boston. 1900 130,695 74,362 51,041 32,623 25,760 (From U. S. Census.) In the largest cities of the United States, as table no. 13 shows, the number of draught animals is slightly de- creasing due to the increasing use of the automobile truck. In all smaller cities, however, the number has increased during the last decade. To the extent that the automobile displaces the horse and mule, the demand for hay and forage from the city will be lessened. If this substitution goes on to any appreciable extent, much of the acreage in the eastern states now devoted to the growing of hay and forage can be released and made available either for the production of city-milk or bulky crops for which there is a strong Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wiest, Edward, 1878-. New York : Columbia University Press
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