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	Year 1899	Year 1909	Year 1914
	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds	Amount in pounds from factories only
Wisconsin	1,104,300	3,288,581	19,535,324	54,614,861	79,384,298	148,906,910	205,920,915
New York	48,548,289	100,776,012	129,163,714	124,086,524	130,010,584	105,584,947	97,614,024
Michigan	1,641,897	2,321,801	3,953,585	5,370,460	10,753,758	13,673,336	13,267,145
Ohio	21,618,893	24,153,876	32,531,683	22,254,054	19,363,528	12,473,834	8,717,996
Penn.	2,508,556	2,792,676	8,966,737	5,457,897	11,124,610	12,676,713	14,808,573

304. Exportation and importation of cheese by the United States.—The accompanying table shows the exports and imports of cheese from 1851 to 1916 and their values, in so far as the figures are available.

Fig. 67.—Showing relationship of total production, exports and imports of cheese.

One noteworthy item in Table XXII is that the exports have gradually decreased and imports increased. This is probably because immigrants have demanded the cheeses of their native country which were not made in America. The exports for the years 1915 and 1916 are interesting as they show the effect of the war on the cheese industry, the imports being gradually decreased and the exports greatly increased.