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of animals sold off the farms of Great Britain during 1908-9, 

 were as follows : — 



Horses 



Cattle and calves 



Sheep and lambs 



Pigs 



Total . . 



Wool. 



The total value of the wool produced in Great Britain in 

 1908 is estimated at, in round figures, £3,100,000. 



Dairy Produce. 



The quantities and values of dairy products sold by the 

 farmers of Great Britain in 1908 are calculated as under : — 



Milk, whole 

 Milk, skim 

 Cream 

 Butter 

 Cheese . . 



Quantity. 



850,000,000 gallons 

 17,000,000 ,, 

 5,900,000 quarts 

 490,000 cwts. 

 500,000 



Total value , 



Value. 



£ 



24,820,000 



143,000 



590,000 



2,940,000 



1,400,000 



29,893,000 



Here one sees by actual figures how the British farmer 

 looks to gain, in regard to dairy produce, from the sale of 

 whole milk, in regard to which foreign competition is a 

 negligible quantity, rather than from butter and cheese, 

 where the foreigner has a much better chance. It will be 

 observed that although we imported in 191 1 butter to the 

 value of £24,600,000, British farmers sold, in 1908, whole 

 milk of a still greater value, while as against their own 

 850,000,000 gallons in 1908, the total quantity of fresh milk 

 imported into the United Kingdom in that year was only 

 10,460 gallons, though in 191 1 the imports of fresh milk from 

 France and Holland amounted to 120,000 gallons. 



