64 THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



tories and if below normal they prosecute the owners. I hope 

 the day will come when all the milk will be paid for accord- 

 ing to its cheese producing - value, instead of according - to 

 the weight delivered. 



We have three systems in Canada of dividing the proceeds 

 among the cheese factory patrons. First the pooling system, 

 dividing money according to weights of milk delivered; sec- 

 ond, according to the weight of fat delivered; third, accord- 

 ing to the per cent, of fat plus two, the added two represent- 

 ing the caseine or cheese producing constituent of the milk. 

 The larger proportion of our factories, however, still divide 

 the money according to the weight of the milk delivered. 



I have little or no sympathy with the majority of patrons 

 who complain that some patrons will water the milk, because 

 the former have it in their power to enforce the adoption of 

 a system which will be practically just to all concerned, the 

 system of testing and dividing according to the test. This 

 method of payment is very slowly gaining ground, however, 

 as all these things take time; and I have no doubt sometime 

 in the future the milk will all be tested which goes to the fac- 

 tory, and the proceeds divided upon some correct and just 

 basis. 



While we have not adopted any systems of direct bonuses, 

 the governments encourage the cheese industry in every way 

 possible. We have been able to do this by spreading infor- 

 mation among the people and by helping secure the market. 

 The passage of the McKinley bill a few years ago has re- 

 dounded to our advantage. Many of our people thought the 

 American market lost to us; but instead of harming us it was, 

 in very many cases beneficial to us, because our people went 

 to the old country and worked up the markets there. Our 

 government provided transportation, until at the present time 

 we have a market which for the whole of Canada is more val- 

 uable than that of the United States could have been. We are 

 always willing to go in for reciprocity with you, but I would 

 like to remove the impression that we are willing to do any- 

 thing to get the American market. We are not. We can find 

 a market in the old country for our cheese which will no 

 doubt be more profitable than the American market. The 

 kind of cheese we are making at the present time is made 

 especially to suit the British market. 



To come down more to the details of the cheese industry in 

 Canada. The patron of the cheese factory is rather a peculiar 

 individual. Sometimes he takes a great deal of interest in the 

 cows, in feeding and the care of the milk; but in many cases 

 he does not take the interest which he should in view of the 

 fact that the raw material coming from the farm is the most 



