534 



States being below the average, and that from Canada and New 

 Zealand being above it. 



To these vast contributions to the carnivorous demands of the 

 British people must be added^about 35 ooo tons of rabbits, and an 

 amount of poultry and game of which the total quantity is unknown, 

 but the value of which exceeded a million sterling." 



XXXVII. 



Dairy farming and dairying. Breeding and improvement of 

 dairy cattle. Feeding experiments. Physiology of milk- 

 production. Chemistry of milk. - - Storing, preservation 

 against noxious germs. - - Butter-making. Cheese-making. 

 Other industries connected with milk. Bacteriology of milk 

 and milk products. Legislation regarding the sale of milk 

 and of dairy products. Trade of dairy products. 



JOHN PRINCE SHELDON. Dairy Produce in the United Kingdom. 



Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture. Edited by R. Pa- 

 trick Wright. Vol. 4, p. 109, London 1909. 



"The numbers of 'cows and heifers in calf vary annually in 

 the United Kingdom, an average being about 4 ) oo ooo. Mr. R. 

 H. Rew, of the Board of Agriculture, estimates that each of these 

 animals yields on an average about 420 gal. of milk per year, 

 available for domestic use, which is calculated into an aggregate 

 yield of i 723 ooo ooo gal. The utilization of this prodigious quan- 

 tity which, does not include what is used in rearing calves is 

 summarized as follows giving the equivalent quantities in gallons 



and in hectolitres. 



Gallons Hectolitres 



Consumed as milk 620 ooo ooo 28 148 ooo 



cheese 153000000 6946200 



butter 944 ooo ooo 42 857 600 



condensed milk, &c. 6000000 272400 



1723000000 78224200 



