STATES OF AMERICA Production, Disposition, and Income Revised estimates by States of production, disposition, and income from milk are presented in this report for the years 1960-64. These estimates continue the official series on milk production, disposition, and income as shown in previous publications. 1/ One of a series on agricultural products presenting revised estimates, this report contains revisions resulting from a review and analysis of the 1964 Census of Agriculture covering milk cows and data related to farm disposition of milk. Estimates of milk cow numbers are revised every 5 years to reflect changes indicated by Census enumerations and all other data available. An explanation of the various items included in this report, together with a description of the source of information and the methods employed in determining the estimates, is set forth below: Milk Cows on Farms: The level of estimates of milk cows on farms in each State is based primarily on the number reported at 5-year intervals in the Census of Agriculture, with an allowance for incompleteness in Census coverage. Between Census enumerations, year-to-year changes in number of milk cows are based on indications obtained from surveys on livestock in June and December of each year. Milk Production: Monthly surveys provide indications of changes in milk production per cow and are the principal basis for preliminary monthly estimates of milk production. When data later become available from dairy plants on quantities of milk and cream received from producers, milk production estimates are revised where necessary to cover estimated sales by producers plus estimated quantities used on farms. Annual milk production per cow for each State is derived from estimates of total annual production and estimated annual average numbers of milk cows on farms. Cows between lactations are included in the average number of milk cows, but heifers are not counted as milk cows until they have calved for the first time. (Continued on page 29) 1/ Agricultural Marketing Service. Farm Production, Disposition, and Income from Milk, 1924-40, Revised Estimates by States (Final Estimates for 1924-34). U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 1941. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Farm Production, Disposition, and Income from Milk, 1935-39, Revised Estimates by States. U.S. Department of Agriculture, April 1942. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Farm Production, Disposition, and Income from Milk, 1940-49, Revised Estimates by States. U.S. Department of Agriculture, April 1952. Agricultural Marketing Service. Milk: Farm Production, Disposition, and Income, 1950-54, Revised Estimates by States. U. S. Department of Agriculture Statistical Bulletin 175, April 1956. Statistical Reporting Service. Milk: Production, Disposition, and Income, 1955-59, Revised Estimates by States. Bulletin 282, April 1961. U.S. |