CONSUMPTION OF CHEESE. 185 



mate estimate of the annual consumption of cheese in Great 

 Britain may be gathered from the following figures : — 



English home make, 179,000,000 



Import from Holland, 80,000,000 



From the United States, 50,000,000 



Making total English consumption, per year, . 309,000,000 



CHEESE CONSUMPTION, ETC. 



I have said that fears had been entertained that we had 

 reached the limit of over-production. Time must, of course, 

 decide this question ; but in the mean while a knowledge of 

 the ordinary consumption of cheese in the United States and 

 Great Britain may be a help on which to base future operations. 



From careful estimates, it appears that the consumption of 

 cheese in the United States and Canada is annually about 

 160,000,000 of pounds. This makes 469,000,000 of pounds 

 as the consumptive demand in Great Britain and America, 

 Against this we have — 



Product of cheese made in Great Britain, . 179,000,000 

 of the United States, . . . 200,000,000 

 of Canada, 15,000,000 



Total, 394,000,000 



Quantity lacking to supply two nations beyond the home 

 make, 75,000,000 of pounds. 



DAIRYING AS A SPECIALTY. 



But suppose we have resolved to enter upon this branch of 

 farming ; will it be best to make it the sole business of the farm 

 to the exclusion of other branches ? This question has been 

 fully discussed and pretty effectually tested in practice through 

 the old dairy districts of New York. 



A few years ago the dairymen of Herkimer insisted that the 

 dairy alone was more remunerative than other kinds of farming, 

 and hence it was not worth while to devote attention to other 

 branches. The area of pastures and meadows was spread to 

 their utmost limit. They were ploughed only when necessity 

 compelled, and then speedily turned to grass. 



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