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cannot be said that the shortage in a total of 

 4,300,000 cwt. imported has been substantial. 

 The considerable rise in values recorded is an apt 

 illustration of the economic principle that when 

 demand overtakes supply, prices tend to register 

 an increase, apparently out of all proportion to the 

 actual shortage. 



Though butter at home is still produced for 

 local wants and made on the farm, it is clear that 

 to compete with imported supplies it must be 

 produced wholesale through the agency of a 

 creamery. The movement for creameries is on 

 the increase, and in districts which are not devoted 

 to milk supply they would be of great value. 

 One or two bacon factories have been erected 

 thereby enabling dairy farmers to market their 

 pigs, fed from the waste products of the dairy, 

 to the best advantage. With regard to the future 

 of dairy produce, the increased demands of Canada 

 for butter from Australasia and that of the con- 

 suming centres of Europe for Siberian and Danish 

 butter are likely to keep prices firm. Through 

 the agency of a creamery the sale of Home 

 made butter direct to the consumer becomes 

 possible, as the considerable quantities sent 

 through the post from the Irish creameries 

 show. Under such conditions the best home 

 butter is likely to command substantial prices. 

 The extensive use of butter substitutes which 



