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 King," and others contributed to an enormous development of the manufacture of high class cheese, and in New Zealand and Australia similar progress was made.

Business and science have vied with each other in increasing the output of dairy products and improving their quality. In the table below, showing estimates for 1917, some interesting figures are given of the amount of milk produced in the United States and the uses to which it is applied.

Uses to which milk is put (calculations based on estimates)

Item                                 Lbs. of Milk         Per Cent

Product of 22,768,000 cows at 3,716 lbs. per an. 84,611,350,000          —

Disposition of milk product:

1,650,000,000 lbs. of butter (at 21 lbs. milk)     34,663,850,000          41.0

420,000,000 lbs. of cheese (at 10 lbs. milk)      4,200,000,000           5.0 975,000,000 lbs. of condensed milk (at 2-1/2 lbs.     milk)                                          2,437,500,000           2.9

210,000,000 gals. of ice cream (weighing 6     lbs. to the gallon, 10% fat)                   3,150,000,000           3.7

100,000,000 persons; 45% at 0.7 lb. a day (cities) farms with dairy cows, 30%, 1.5 lbs. per day; other farms and small towns, 25%, 1 lb. a day, approximately       36,500,000,000          43.1

17,500,000 calves, whole milk (estimated) requirement                                   3,660,000,000           4.3 Total                                       84,611,350,000         100.0