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he would from converting the cream from it into butter, and 

 it has, also, been shown that imports of whole milk from the 

 Continent constitute a negligible quantity, so that in this 

 respect, at least, our dairy farmers have nothing to fear from 

 such foreign competition as they would meet with in regard 

 to butter. 



Under these conditions, and as shown by the latest 

 available figures those for 1908 70 per cent, of the total 

 milk production in Great Britain is sold as whole milk, 

 20 per cent., it is estimated, is used for cheese-making 

 purposes, and 10 per cent, for butter and cream. As for 

 the financial aspects of the industry, the figures already 

 given on page 61 show that the value of the 850,000,000 

 gallons of whole milk estimated to have been the output 

 in Great Britain in 1908 was no less than 24,820,000. 



MILK TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS. 



There is difficulty is grasping the full significance of these 

 figures. A more concrete idea of what the milk industry 

 really means may, perhaps, be gained by showing (approxi- 

 mately), as is done in the following table, the proportions of 

 the milk traffic on four of the leading railway systems of the 

 country in 1911 : 



* Figures for Liverpool Street station only, exclusive of London 

 suburban stations. 



No less remarkable is the extent of the area over which 

 the milk industry is distributed. At one time the dairy 



