The table on the opposite page (Table XXI) shows the amount of cheese produced by the five states with the largest number of factories. This table indicates that New York led in the production of cheese until some time between 1899 and 1909. This is probably because, New York having so many cities, the demand for market milk is so large that it is sold as such instead of being manufactured into cheese. There is about the same number of milch cows in New York and Wisconsin. However, Wisconsin is credited with more cheese in 1909 than New York ever produced and this output probably will increase, as there are considerable areas of undeveloped agricultural land in Wisconsin. It is also interesting to note that Ohio is falling off in cheese production. This may be due to the increased demand for market milk. On the other hand, production has increased in Pennsylvania. TABLE XXI SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF CHEESE MADE IN FIVE LEADING STATES BY TEN-YEAR PERIODS ----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ STATE |YEAR 1859 |YEAR 1869 |YEAR 1879 |YEAR 1889 | ----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ |Amount in | Amount in |Amount in |Amount in | | pounds | pounds | pounds | pounds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wisconsin | 1,104,300| 3,288,581| 19,535,324| 54,614,861| | | | | | New York |48,548,289|100,776,012|129,163,714|124,086,524| | | | | | Michigan | 1,641,897| 2,321,801| 3,953,585| 5,370,460| | | | | | Ohio |21,618,893| 24,153,876| 32,531,683| 22,254,054| | | | | | Penn | 2,508,556| 2,792,676| 8,966,737| 5,457,897| ----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ ----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ STATE |YEAR 1899 |YEAR 1909 |YEAR 1914 | ----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ |Amount in |Amount in |Amount in | | pounds | pounds |pounds from| | | |factories | | | |only | | | | | Wisconsin | 79,384,298|148,906,910|205,920,915| | | | | New York |130,010,584|105,584,947| 97,614,024| | | | | Michigan | 10,753,758| 13,673,336| 13,267,145| | | | | Ohio | 19,363,528| 12,473,834| 8,717,996| | | | | Penn | 11,124,610| 12,676,713| 14,808,573| ----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+