CHAPTER VI 



DAIRY PRODUCE, PIG-BREEDING AND FEEDING- 

 STUFFS 



Dairying may take the form either of milk, 

 butter or cheese. Milk, owing to its bulk and 

 perishability, is not to a large degree a matter of 

 international trade. Indirectly it affects our 

 present point of view. The growth of population 

 is constantly increasing milk consumption and 

 tending to diminish the export of dairy 

 produce. The sale of milk precludes pig-breed- 

 ing, that important complementary industry of 

 butter and cheese-making. 



Butter-making is the most highly specialised of 

 any agricultural industry. Though the export of 

 chilled or frozen meat involves an extensive 

 organisation in which every part of the animal 

 is made use of, the stock-breeder's share of the 

 business ends with the sale of his stock. With 

 dairying the producer is in constant touch with 

 the creamery whose interest it is to assist the 

 farmer to increase his output. As an educative 

 influence in agriculture, butter-making is un- 

 approached. Certain common features wherever 



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