CHAPTER IX. 



MARKETING CHEESE AND BUTTER. 



OUR markets are of two classes home and 

 foreign. The demand for dairy products of fine qual- 

 ity is growing in our home markets. We are consum- 

 ing more butter and cheese each year as our popula- 

 tion grows. Especially is this true in reference to 

 good butter. We have not yet cultivated a taste for 

 good cheese, probably because it is so difficult to get 

 good cheese at home, as most of our first-class quality 

 is exported and the " culls " are often placed on the 

 market for Canadian consumers. 



Our best foreign market is Great Britain, although 

 it is probable that the United States of America will 

 require Canadian dairy products in the near future. 

 The West Indies, Japan, China, and South Africa are 

 promising markets for Canadian dairy produce. 



Our chief competitors in the British butter markets 

 are Denmark, Ireland, France, Russia, Australia, New 

 Zealand, and the Argentine Republic of South 

 America. Our competitors in cheese are New 

 Zealand, Continental Europe, and to a limited extent 

 the United States. Canadian cheese has a reputation 

 for being the best imported cheese and about equal 

 to the home product. Over sixty per cent, of Britain's 



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