MILK TRAFFIC ON THE G. W. RAILWAY u 



withstanding also the prodigious importations of 

 foreign and colonial butter, more milk is still used here 

 for the production of English butter than is sold for 

 direct consumption. 



How the business in the distribution and sale of 

 new milk has increased of late years is well shown 

 by the experiences of different railway companies in 

 relation thereto. The following table, respecting the 

 traffic on the Great Western Railway, which carries 

 more milk than any other line in the country, is 

 especially interesting : 



MILK TRAFFIC FORWARDED FROM GREAT WESTERN 

 STATIONS. 



Allowing (for the Western counties) an average of 

 14 J gallons to each can, one finds that the total quantity 

 of milk carried on the Great Western system in 1904 

 was over 31,000,000 gallons, of which nearly 17,500,000 

 gallons were brought to London. The proportion of 



