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and deduct 25,000,000 gallons, which I estimate 

 to be the quantity displaced by the adulteration 

 of whole milk with separated milk, we get the 

 total to which we have already referred. Now, 

 it is evident upon the face of these figures that 

 we must necessarily import both butter and 

 cheese in order to provide for the requirements 

 of our people ; at the same time, we are also 

 shown that we have an enormous market if we can 

 only provide the material for it. That material 

 we should largely provide if the conditions 

 were equal, but the foreign producer is assisted 

 by defective British legislation, and by the unfair 

 action of the railway companies, who carry his 

 produce to the disadvantage of the English pro- 

 ducer. There is -no doubt that the consumption 

 of milk will immensely increase, and the more the 

 people realize that it is the most wholesome as 

 well as the cheapest food in the world, the more 

 readily will they increase their daily consump- 

 tion. If they are shown, as they should be, as 

 often as possible, that while a large proportion of 

 the solid matter of meat is absolutely indigestible, 

 and that apart from this there is considerable 

 waste as between the joint purchased and the 



