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CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



The foregoing figures show that our exports of oleomargarine in 1884 

 were 18,695,467 pounds in quantity and $1,091,591 in value greater than 

 our exports of butter, and at prices only a little more than, one-half the 

 latter. 



THE FOREIGN CHEESE MARKET. 



Our annual cheese export amounts to over five and one-half times in 

 quantity and three times in value our butter export, the export during 

 the year 1884 amounting to 112,869,575 pounds, valued at $11,663,713. 



The imports of cheese into the United Kingdom, which cover the 

 greater portion of the surplus cheese of the several countries, were as 

 follows in 1884: 



Imports of cheese into the United Kingdom during the year 1884. 



Considering the immense quantity of American cheese consumed i,n 

 the United Kingdom 8,000,000 pounds at least of the imports from 

 Canada, above recorded, being American cheese exported by and credited 

 in British returns to the Dominion it maybe held that it stands as well 

 in public estimation as the product from any other country, although 

 the specially prepared cheese of some other countries bring higher 

 prices in the market. These higher figures, however, except in the case 

 of Holland, cover only small quantities, comparatively. It may well be 

 questioned whether the cheese of any other country, in quality and flavor, 

 is superior to American cheese, but the latter still suffers, in price at 

 least, for it does not seem, to suffer in consumption from Jhat lingering 

 prejudice which regards all American products as in some mysterious 

 manner inferior to the products of the older countries a prejudice 

 which has operated very unfavorably for our products, but which is 

 being dissipated by the continuous good qualities of the products them 

 selves. 



It will be seen that we supply the British markets with a little more 

 than one-half their total imports of cheese. Our exports of cheese to 

 the United Kingdom during the year 1884, 102,686,547 pounds, and 

 to Canada, 8,803,296 pounds the greater portion of the latter go- 

 ing to England also left only 1,879,632 pounds for export to all other 

 countries. It will thus be seen that our foreign cheese trade may be 

 said to be confined to the United Kingdom. Of our immense cheese ex- 

 port during 1884, only a little over 3,000 pounds went to all Europe, out- 

 side the United Kingdom. 



