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tiian we sliould do, whilst tlie increase lias been 

 in the direction of the production of milk for 

 sale in our towns. In the case of butter and 

 cheese-making foreign competition has been 

 severe, continuous, and increasing, so much so 

 that only the best British product, whether of 

 butter or of cheese, finds a really remunerative 

 market, and even that of a limited character 

 and at a reduced return as compared with former 

 vears. In the case of milk, dairv farmers at 

 present are able to hold their own ; although if 

 the attempts of the French to send fresh milk to 

 this country — attempts which have been made 

 during the past three or four years— are con- 

 tinued and increased, we may expect that even 

 in the milk trade large numbers of our farmers 

 supplying the London and southern markets 

 will be seriously affected. It is, of course, mon- 

 strous that we should allow foreign fresh milk to 

 be sent to this country, produced under sanitary 

 conditions over which we have no control, and to 

 allow it to compete with the milk of the British 

 dairy farmer, which farmer is subject to the most 

 stringent control upon the part of our local 

 authorities. 



If dairy farming — or the production of milk 

 for sale — has considerably increased, and if that 

 is remunerative to the British farmer, we see 

 no cause for special gratification, looking at 

 matters from a national point of view. "We are 

 glad for the dairy farmer's sake that he has been 

 able not only to hold up his head above water, 



