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ain, and the rest to other parts of the world. From September, 

 1858, to September, 1859, the exports of American cheese to 

 Britain were Uttle more than 5,000,000 pounds. From Septem- 

 ber, 1859, to September, 1860, a trifle over 15,000,000 pounds. 

 The exports from New York alone in 1860 were 23,252,000 

 pounds ; and in 1861, 40,041,000 pounds ; while, in the year just 

 past, the exports from New York have probably reached 50,000,- 

 000 pounds, and upwards. " The rapid rate at which cheese 

 dairying is being introduced, must soon bring our exports up to 

 more than 100,000,000 pounds ;" and, as the present total 

 product of the country probably exceeds 200,000,000 pounds, the 

 time is very near when our exports will reach the above figure. 



Now this enormous increase is owing, not so much to the estab- 

 lishment of cheese factories, in itself, but to the superior quality 

 of the article which they produce. If the quality of the cheese 

 which they manufacture were inferior to that of the great dairy 

 districts of the United Kingdom, there would be no demand for 

 it ; we could not, for a moment, compete with them, if we pro- 

 duced a poor article ; but the fact is, the cheese which is manu- 

 factured in the system which is now so well established, is of a 

 very sujyerior quality ; it is preferred by the cheese-loving English- 

 men to the product of their own soil. At the great show of dairy- 

 products at the exhibition of the Ayrshire Association in 1862, — 

 which was largely represented by leading men from all parts of 

 the United Kingdom, — Mr. Bowles of London, said, " It was 

 quite useless for the farmers of Scotland to compete with the 

 farmers of America, except in one way, and that was by making a 

 better article. In London there was always a steady, active de- 

 mand for fine goods, which could always command a large price. 

 To show that he was right, as to the inexpediency of Scottish 

 farmers competing with their agricultural brethren across the At- 

 lantic, unless they provide a first rate article, he might tell them 

 that during the year from the first of January, 1861, ending De- 

 cember 31st, there were imported 716,673 boxes of American 

 cheese, e.qual to 45,000 tons. This year the importations were 

 on the increase. For nine months, closing the 30th of Septem- 

 ber, 1861, the imports were 447,678 boxes, equal to 28,000 tons, 

 while, for the same period of 1862, the numbers were 500,317 

 boxes, equal to 31,000 tons, — showing an increase of 3,000 tons 

 over the corresponding period of last year. These figures plainly 

 proved that competition was futile unless the Scottish cheese- 

 makers could turn out a superior article." 



Our Hmited space will not permit a more extended considera- 

 tion of this important subject. We think we have shown that the 

 comparative profit, resulting from the system of factory dairying, 

 is very great ; and it now remains with the farmers of Norfolk 



