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WILLIAM E. BEAR. Importation of Cheese into Great Britain. 



Agricultural Competitions. Cheese. Jour, of the R. Agr. Soc. 

 of England, Vol. 70, p. 158. London, 1909. 



" For a great number of years the bulk of our imported cheese 

 came from the United States. 



In 1878, for example, nearly three-fourths of the total were 

 derived from that source, and as recently as 1885, or possibly a 

 little later, that country was still the greatest contributor. Canada, 

 however, had then been steadily gaining ground on the strength of 

 superior quality of her cheese and its freedom from the adultera- 

 tion with extraneous fat which impaired the prestige of her rival 

 producer. 



By 1901 Canada was sending us nearly three times as much 

 cheese as we received from the United States, and 1908 she sent 

 us about fifteen times as much. 



Both the Netherlands and New Zealand now supply us with 

 more than twice as much cheese as the United States send. 



Indeed, if the figures for the eleven months of 1909 ended with 

 November be taken into account, New Zealand's contribution is 

 six times that of the United States, whence the supply has become 

 quite unimportant. 



New Zealand has made the greatest advance in the exportation 

 of cheese in recent years, though Canada still sends considerably 

 more than half the total. 



Australia at one time seemed likely to be a considerable com- 

 petitor, but has supplied us with only small quantities of cheese 

 occasionally in recent years. 



Our total imports of cheese have fallen off since 1900." 



R. H. REW. Prices of Butter and Cheese on British Markets. 



- Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Agr. Statistics 1909, 

 Vol. XLIV, Part III. London, 1910, Cd. 5268, p. 192. 



Expressing the value per dozen Ibs. in the equivalent per cwt. 

 it is of interest to note how the price of British butter of first and 

 second quality compares with the price of its nearest rivals, viz. 

 Irish creamery and Danish butters. 



The following is the comparison for five years: 



