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APPENDIX A 



Kingdom during the last ten years, more especially in 

 Ireland. There the organisation of butter-producing factories 

 has been so rapid that there is hardly a parish in the whole 

 country which does not possess one or more creameries. 

 The credit is due, to a large extent, to the efforts of the 

 Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. Recently a similarly 



Table I. Imports of Butter and Cheese during 1905. 



Table II. Estimated Consumption per Annum of Butter 

 and Cheese in the United Kingdom. 1 



constituted body, the Agricultural Organisation Society of 

 England, 2 has commenced similar work in Great Britain, with 

 every likelihood of success. All this development is entirely 

 due to the use of refrigeration. The control of the temperature 



1 Production and Consumption of Meat and Milk of the United 

 Kingdom, Royal Statistical Society. 



2 Dacre House, Dacre Street, Westminster, London. 



