TRENDS IN MILK PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION
 AND CONSUMPTION


 Production and Utilization of Milk, United States
 and Southern Region, 1925-1960


 Farm Production.--Total United States farm output of milk
increased by more than one-third from 1925 to 1960. The level of
production reached a peak of 124,860 million pounds in 1956, but
some reduction has occurred since that time. The 1960 production
was slightly less than 123,000 million pounds (Table 1). An index
of farm production with 1925 equal to 100, showed output in 1960
to be equal to 136.


TABLE 1. Farm Production of Milk, United States and Southern Region,
 1925-1960

 : Farm Production : Index of Production
 United : Southern : South as Percent : United : Southern
Year : States Region : of United States : States : Region
 : Million Pounds : Percent : 1925=100

1925 90,699 10,088 11.1 100 100
1930 100,158 _12,103 12.1 110 120
1935 101,205 12,972 12.8 112 128
1940 109,412 13,538 12.4 121 134
1945 119,828 14,986 12.5 132 148
1950 116,602 14,395 12.3 129 142
1955 122,945 14,356 11.7 136 142
1960 122,920 13,480 11.0 136 133


 Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing i
Service, Dairy Statistics, Statistical Bulletin No. 218 and Supplements
(Washington, D. C., October 1957 and June 1960). Also, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Economics Research Service, The Dairy Situation (Washing-
ton, D. C., April 1961).

 In the Southern Region,22/ milk production on farms rose con-
tinually from 1925 to 1945. The index of production was 148 in 1945,
which was the peak attained between 1925 and 1960. There was a small
decline in production from 1945 to 1955, which continued at a higher
rate from 1955 to 1960. The proportion of total United States output


 2/Includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.