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pounds per capita for our 50,155,783 inhabitants, or .59 of 

 a pound less than in 1850, when it was 18.60 pounds per 

 capita. Does not this indicate the folly of catering for a 

 foreign market to the neglect of our own? 



FORMS OF MILK CONSUMPTION. 



It is estimated by good judues that 45 per cent, of our 

 milk product is consumed in its natural state, 50 per 

 cent, is used in butter making, and 5 per cent, is made 

 into cheese. The fact of there being a foreign demand 

 for so large a proportion of our cheese, has led everybody 

 astray, and magnified the cheese factor} into the position 

 of supreme importance. 



THE PRIVATE DAIRY VS. THE FACTORY. 



Let us again turn to the census of 1880, and see how 

 the factory product compares in amount and importance 

 with the product of the private dairy. It appears by the 

 census of 1880 that the number of pounds of dairy pro- 

 ducts made in factories was as follows: 



Cheese made in factories . . .215,885,361 Ibs. 



Butter " " " .... 29,411,784 " 



Total factory product. . .245,307,145 Ibs. 



Cheese made on farms 27,272,489 Ibs. 



Butter " " " 777,250,287 " 



Total farm product 804,522,776 Ibs. 



Deduct factory product 245,307,145 " 



Excess of private dairy. .559,215,631 Ibs. 

 or considerably more than double the total factory pro- 

 duct. 



