Show v 7 1 U i BUTTER PRODUCTION REACHES HIGH MARK Value for One Year Fell Little Short of Half Million Dollar Point There were pounds of or butter valued at 4 os produced on farmand farms farm and In factories In the United States durIng durIng dur dur- Ing th the th j census year ear 1909 acco according to a statement Issued by Director Durand o ot of the tho census department of ot commerce and labor It was prepared under the supervision super super- vision of ot Lo Grand Powers chief statia- statia arid ad John Lc Lee CoulL expert special cial agent igent 1 u for tor r agriculture e. Hure It gives the totals for tor Or tho the Keo geographic divisions and andt ethics separately and gives elves notice that tha t the tho figures of production on farms arms arc are arci Preliminary fy and to change In the tho final mai i i tables Or Ot thy the grand total reported the quantity quantity quan quan- Ity produced on farms was 9 pounds pound valued at Factories produced iM 6 pounds valued at Butter manufactured by farmers farmers' Co operative p creameries Is Js Included In tho the tl figures ures for tor factories The Tho largest total quantity H COO Pounds valued at 1000 was produced by tho the West cst North Central division Tho The next largest cst co P pounds valued at nt was reported by fay tho the East North Central divIsion Thc These two divisions visions pro- pro produced slightly more moro than hat halt the thc total quantity and earned about the thc same samo proportion proportion pro- pro portion of or the tho total value Although the first named division led In total quantity and nd value the tho other showed a 0 greater Quantity U lly of oC butter from tho the farms 30 2 1000 Pounds valued at as compared com com- pared wIth pounds valued at reported from rom the West North Central division On the tho other hand tho the latter division had a Q factory production ot of f pounds valued value at as s a ar pounds valued at t for tor the Ea East t North Central Among Amon the states Wisconsin ranked first In n total production with pounds pound valued nt at It was rn first also aso with 00 pounds valued at nt SJ pro- pro In factories The Tho difference between be- be tw tween en tho figures given which Is pounds pounds valued at t r represents farm tarm production In total Production Iowa Ion ranked e see eec c- c end ond nd j Minnesota third Pennsylvania Penn fourth Michigan fifth Ohio sixth Illinois seventh soy sev New York eighth Texas ninth and Indiana tenth Texas Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan n. n Il Illinois II II- and Indiana showed a fL much greater great great- er farm tann production than factory output and ranked In the tho order written Minnesota Minne Minne- sota 0 to Iowa rO and New York In th the order named ranked after atler Wisconsin 1 In showInG showIng showing show- show Ing a factory production much larger than credited to their farms |