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kind always means a surplus of milk. The question is as 

 to the best form into which to conveii the milk, for relief 

 of the market or for preservation so as to gain time. 

 Cheese is the best cow })roduct to bear transportation and 

 reach distant markets, and it is the best for preservation, 

 as tlie condensed-milk business seems to be overdone, or at 

 any rate very uncertain. Every jjound of cheese made 

 means just so much milk or l)utter out of the way, and 

 every pound additional of cheese consumed is a direct gain 

 and relief. Although the least among the diflerent branches 

 of dairying in this country in geographical distribution and 

 in volume and value, cheese-making is still of much im- 

 l)oi-tance to this entire industry. It serves as a sort of 

 safety valve to dairying as a whole, and every one having 

 this branch of husbandry at heart should do what he can to 

 encourage the making of cheese, and hel}) to stimulate the 

 cheese trade, both foreign and domestic. 



The condition of our export trade in cheese has been 

 alread}^ described and compared with former years, espe- 

 cially as to the British markets. Courageous eifort should 

 be made to regain what has been lost ; but, if one outlet 

 fails, the thing to do is to seek for others. New foreign 

 markets for butter should also be sought, east, west and 

 south, no matter how distant. It is by no means hopeless 

 to try to estaldish a market for our better grades of butter 

 in Great Britain, but we must go at it in a more sensible 

 way. The sending over of little else than poor grades is 

 very impolitic, although it may aftbrd temporary relief. 

 Only the other day a large lot of " imitation creamery," or 

 the better class of ladled goods, was sent to London, which 

 had been in cold storage at Chicago for two years, awaiting 

 market. It is easy to understand the reputation which 

 American butter will acquire from such consignments as 

 this. Such policy is suicidal, and the sooner attempts are 

 made to counteract these effects, the better for our future 

 needs. To find these foreign markets desired and assist 

 our merchants to occupy them, the United States consular 

 service should be actively employed, or it may be well to 

 place special agents on this duty, at promising points. 



Any one who carefully examines the subject will find 



