------+--------------------------+---------------------- Year | Exports | Imports ------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------- | Amount in | Value in | Amount in | Value in | pounds | dollars | pounds | dollars ------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------- 1880 | 40,368,000 | $3,893,000 | | | | | | 1890 | 94,260,000 | 9,372,212 | | | | | | 1900 | 185,984,000 | 19,856,324 | | | | | | 1910 | 180,859,000 | 21,607,692 | 683,778 | ---- | | | | 1911 | 181,895,000 | 20,739,507 | 866,653 | ---- | | | | 1912 | 163,450,000 | 20,888,818 | 919,189 | ---- | | | | 1913 | 155,216,000 | 20,697,000 | 1,495,758 | ---- | | | | 1914 | 144,478,000 | 18,866,000 | 1,512,108 | ---- | | | | 1915 | 137,601,000 | 19,213,000 | 1,162,456 | ---- | | | | 1916 | 168,961,000 | ---- | 971,821 | ---- ------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------- If the total population of the United States is figured at 100 million and the difference between the exports and imports found and added to the total production, it shows that the average person must consume about three and one-half pounds of cheese in a year. In the past few years there has been considerable demand for more of the foreign cheeses, such as Camembert and Roquefort. +307. Introduction of cheese-making into new regions.+--The manufacture of Cheddar cheese is being encouraged in new regions, in the Alleghany Mountains, in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and in the western states. There has also sprung up a considerable demand for the lactic acid group of cheeses, especially Neufchâtel and Cottage, so that while the cheese industry may decline in certain sections, the total production will probably increase. In the proper locations or sections, the cheese industry has a very bright future. The development of the skimmed-milk cheeses will undoubtedly be given considerable attention in the next few years. REFERENCES N. Y. Dept. Agr. Bul. 54, The Dairy Industry in New York State. N. Y. Produce Rev. and American Creamery. Vol. 34, No. 3, page 108. Vol. 37, No. 16, page 684. Vol. 37, No. 16, page 666. Vol. 37, No. 9, page 411. Vol. 33, No. 11, page 482. Vol. 36, No. 23, page 1078. Wis. Exp. Sta. Rept. 1897, pages 113-149. U. S. Census. U. S. Dept. Agr. Year Books. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Statistical abstract of the U. S.