THE DAIRY OF THE FARM. 



one hand, the small yield of some breeds and on the other the 

 large quantity produced by cows now fed especially for the 

 yield of milk, we may assume that the 3,724,528 cows yield 

 nearly 1,200,000,000 gallons annually. Of this at least 

 one-twelfth is taken for calves; and if the consumption of 

 milk, which has very greatly increased of late years, be put 

 at over one quarter of a pint apiece daily, say 14 gallons 

 a year for each one of the population, 500,000,000 gallons 

 thus consumed must be deducted, leaving 600,000,000 

 gallons for the manufacture of cheese and butter, a quantity 

 equal to the production of 580,000,000 Ibs. of cheese or 

 240,000,000 Ibs. of butter, or perhaps we may say 

 100,000,000 Ibs. of cheese and 200,000,000 Ibs. of butter 

 a quantity which would provide about one-eighth of an ounce 

 of cheese and one-quarter of an ounce of butter apiece per 

 head of the population daily. That this is not enough, and 

 that there is a growing deficiency in the home supply, is 

 proved by the increasing quantity of butter and cheese which 

 is annually imported, as appears from the following table : 



The imports, it will be seen, have nearly doubled during 

 the past sixteen years. 



