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CHART 2. -NUMBER OF COWS AND HEIFERS ELIMINATED
FROM UNITED STATES DAIRY HERDS DURING THE YEAR,
PER 100 COWS AND HEIFERS FIRST OF YEAR. 1930-1952.

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NUMBER OF COWS AND HEIFERS ELIMINATED DUR-
ING YEAR - PER 100 cows.

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THE NUMBER OF COWS AND HEIFERS ELIMINATED FROM U. S. DAIRY HERDS DURING THE YEAR, PER 100 COWS FIRST OF THE YEAR, IS RUNNING AT HIGH LEVELS,, CAUSING REDUCTIONS IN TOTAL NUMBER OF MILK COWS.

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CHART 3. UNITED STATES AVERAGE FARM PRICES OF BEEF
CATTLE AND MILK SOLD WHOLESALE FROM FARMS, EXPRESSED
AS PERCENTAGES OF PARITY PRICES, 1937-1951.

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BEEF CATTLE PRICES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY HIGHER THAN MILK AND BUTTERFAT PRICES FOR SOME YEARS.

THIS DISPARITY

IS THE REASON DAIRY FARMERS ARE DISPOSING OF THEIR MILK
COWS AND TURNING TO BEEF CATTLE.

TABLE 1.-Index numbers of meat animals and milk cattle on farms, United States, Jan. 1, 1910-52

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Source: Livestock on Farms, Jan. 1, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 2. Changes in milk cow numbers, heifers, number of cows and heifers eliminated during the year, and total milk production and production per cowUnited States, 1924-51

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Source: Compiled from reports of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 3.-United States average farm prices of beef cattle, milk sold wholesale, and butterfat, expressed as percentages of parities, 1937-51

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Source: Burdau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 4.-United Kingdom butter contract prices with Australia, New Zealand,

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and Denmark

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Source: Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 5.-Value of exports and imports of all dairy products, 1937-51

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Source: Reports of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 6.-United States: Value of imports of specified diary products, 1951

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Source: Compiled from reports of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

TABLE 7.-Value of exports of specified dairy products, 1951

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Source: Compiled from reports of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

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TABLE 8.-Procurement authorizations under the ECA program, by countries of destination, by specified commodities and commodity groups, in millions of dollars, Apr. 3, 1948, to Nov. 30, 1951

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1 Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Trieste, Turkey, and Yugoslavia omitted in country detail.

Source: Reports of the Division of Statistics and Reports, Mutual Security Agency, SR. 6.

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