This is an increase in annual product of 630,948,622 pounds in thirty years, or 212,057,523 pounds more than double the amount, in 1880, that was manufactured in 1850. History records no parallel to this anywhere on the face of the globe. Let us put some of these figures into tabular form. We had in Cows Inhabitants 1880 12,443,120 to 50,155,783 1850 6,385,094 to 23,191,876 --------- ---------- Increase in 30 years 6,058,026 26,963,907 We did not quite double the number of cows, but considerably more than doubled the population. The number of inhabitants was, in 1850 3.63 per cow 1880 4.03 " The increase in 30 years is .40 inhabitant to each cow. That is to say, the population, as compared with the number of cows, was .40 larger in 1880 than it was in 1850. PRODUCT PER COW AND PER CAPITA. And now let us compare the product per cow and per capita. It was in Lbs. per Lbs. per cow capita 1850 418,881,199 lbs., or 65.77 or 18.06 1880 1,049,829,921 lbs., or 84.37 or 20.93 ----- ----- Increase in 30 years 18.60 2.87 HOME CONSUMPTION VS. EXPORTS. But it should be borne in mind that in 1850 very nearly all our dairy products were consumed at home; whereas in 1880, we exported a large amount. As the exports do not all come in the year of production, we will take the average amount of exports for 1879 and 1880: Lbs. Butter. Lbs. Cheese. Exports, 1879 38,248,016 141,654,474 " 1880 39,236,658 127,553,907 ---------- ----------- Divided by 2)77,484,674 269,208,381 ---------- ----------- Yearly average 38,742,337 134,604,190 Add butter and cheese together 38,742,337 ----------- We have a yearly av. export of 173,346,527 pounds of product. If we take this from the total product of 1880 1,049,829,921 pounds 173,346,527 pounds ------------- we have 876,483,394 pounds of product for home consumption, or more than five times as much as we export. This is a consumption of 17.47 pounds per capita for our 50,155,783 inhabitants, or .59 of a pound less than in 1850, when it was 18.60 pounds per capita. Does not this indicate the folly of catering for a foreign market to the neglect of our own? FORMS OF MILK CONSUMPTION.