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.
TABLE XXII
Showing the Imports and Exports of Cheese by theUnited States from 1851-1916