Somx Facts About Brnxm. The
United States National Butter and Egg
Association have recently held a con
vention at Davenport, la. It appears
from their statistics that we consume
annually, for table and culinary nse,
1,400,010,000 pounds ot butter, valued
at $420,000,000 our annual exportation
being only 15,000,000 pounds. Although
there is no doubt that Americans use a
great quantity of this product, these
figures seem out of proportion. Butter
will not average 30 cents for the pound
since, taking the country through and
having a due regard to quality, 15 cents
is a fairer margin. Nor can the con
sumption be put up at as high a figure.
Iu 1870, according to the census, the
butter product was but 460,000,000
pounds, produced by 8,935,000 milch
cows, averaging a yield of a little over
50 Dounds to the cow. or of one and
one-half pounds per cow a week for
eight months in the year. The increase
or milch cows from I860 to 1370 was
less than 500,000; although the Increase
from 1850 to 1800 was 2,000,000, the
falling of the last decade being attrib
utable to tbe war. But "milch" cow
is not always a positive designation.
