| Cheese made in factories | 215,885,361 | lbs. | |
| Butter " " " | 29,411,784 | " | |
| ————— | |||
| Total factory product | 245,307,145 | lbs. | |
| Cheese made on farms | 27,272,489 | lbs. | |
| Butter " " " | 777,250,287 | " | |
| ————— | |||
| Total farm product | 804,522,776 | lbs. | |
| Deduct factory product | 245,307,145 | " | |
| ————— | |||
| Excess of private dairy | 559,215,631 | lbs. |
or considerably more than double the total factory product.
Now, let us make a comparison by values, calling the cheese 10 cents and the butter 25 cents a pound. We made in factories:
| Cheese, | 215,885,361 | lbs., | @ 10c. | $ | 21,538,536 | |||
| Butter, | 29,411,784 | lbs., | @ 25c. | 7,352,946 | ||||
| ————— | ||||||||
| Value of factory product | $ | 29,941,482 |
There was made in the private dairies:
| Cheese, | 27,272,489 | lbs., | @ 10c. | $ | 2,727,249 | |
| Butter, | 777,250,287 | lbs., | @ 25c. | 194,312,571 | ||
| ————— | ||||||
| Value of private dairy products | $ | 197,039,820 | ||||
| Deduct value of factory products | 29,941,482 | |||||
| ————— | ||||||
| In favor of private dairy | $ | 167,098,338 |
In short, the product of the private dairy is between three and four times larger than that of the factory, and nearly seven times its value. Important as the factory is and is likely to become, let us not forget the private dairy nor overlook the home interest in striving for a little foreign patronage.
Notwithstanding the fault with the census that is found by some, the census is the most reliable source of statistical information about the dairy that we have.