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,sn plan- farthci I'he decrease in number was 



due hi ii in lalmur. thus compelling their disp. -sil. 



Quality. The |iiality of dairy goods may IK- judged from the 

 fulli. " These pi i malr possjMe 1,\ ih< 



thai we hail in tiu- Province of Ontario an cfticient lot f maker-. 

 ami 1 think they >hotild be congratulated on the excellence of the 

 l.ird which they have been able to maintain, and the general 

 uniformity which characteri/es < )ntario goods at the present time."- 

 G. A. Putnam, Director of Dairying for Ontario. " < )n the whole 

 I think the quality has been better than the previous year." 

 I. A. McKergow, Produce Merchants' Association, Montreal. I 

 visited most ( ,f the large cheese centres of Britain and saw cheese 

 from nearly every part of Canada, and had the privilege of compar- 

 !iem with the cheese made in the Old Country, and with cheese 

 from other countries as well, and it will be pleasing for you to know 

 that our beM chee-e compared very favourably with the best make- 

 from other countries. The type of cheese in greatest demand in the 

 ( >ld Country is practically our own best type of cheese. The type 

 that wa- being sold for the highest price, in practically all the shop- 

 :ol. \\a- a mild flavoured, close, smooth cutting, meaty cheese, 

 just such a quality as is shown in the prize-winning cheese at this 

 exhibition. I found that our best cheese were sold ri^ht along with 

 the l>est English and Scotch cheese." G. G. Publow, Chief Dairy 

 Instructor for Eastern Ontario, at Western Ontario Dairymen's 

 Convention, January, 1912. 



/V/Vr. The advance in price is marked. "The past -eason 

 i<;ii) was a somewhat peculiar one. In the early part of the 

 11 we had a slum]) in prices, especially in butter, which made 

 ns wonder if we had reached the limit of production; but the 

 market quickly recovered, and such times as these only go to show 

 how sure a foundation the dairy industry rests on, as before tin- 

 end of the season we reached the highest prices on record. These 

 high prices were, no doubt, partially brought about by unfavourable 

 conditions for production in both England and New Zealand, a- 

 well a- in some sections of our own Province. Hut the real reason 

 was that consumers will have dairy products of go -d quality. ' )n 

 the whole, the dairy situation is in a most healthy condition, and 

 there need be no fear of increasing the production, as all dairy pro- 



