Handling of Milk 



Cheese, 



s. d. 



8 galls, milk yield 8 cheeses, sold at \od. each . 6 8 

 8 galls, whey at, say, \d. per gall o 8 



7 4 



Extra profit of Cheese over Butter .... 3 4 



Table XX. 



Production of Milk. 



The total production of available milk in the United 

 Kingdom is as follows : — 



Consumed as milk 620,000,000 galls. 



„ ,, cheese .... 153,000,000 ,^ 



„ „ butter .... 944,000,000 „ 

 „ „ condensed milk, etc. 6,000,000 ,, 



1,723,000,000 „ 



From this table it will be seen that the 

 larger amount of our milk goes in making 

 butter. It is clear that a very much larger 

 proportion should be devoted to making 

 cheese, which is one of the most valuable of 

 all articles of food, and this especially at a 

 time like the present when it is essential 

 for us to increase our home-produced food in 

 every possible way. 



If a great development in cheese-making 

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