Australia : The Dairy Country. 

 TEN YEARS. 



In the Butter Factory. 



The United Kingdom purchases the great bulk of Australian 

 butter about 88 per cent. but considerable quantities also go to 

 Canada, Ceylon, China, the Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Hongkong, 

 the Islands of the Pacific, Japan, Philippine Islands, the Straits 

 Settlements and South Africa. 



Besides the co-operative factories there are many proprietary 

 concerns, and the farmer is benefited by the keen competition be- 

 tween them. The establishments in the Commonwealth where the 

 manufacture of butter, cheese, and condensed milk is carried on 



