Cheese 



Year Quantity Value 



Year ended June 30: Lb. $ 



1880 40,368,678 3,893,366 



1890 94,260,187 9,372,212 



1900 185,984,430 19,856,324 



1904. . . . . 233,980,716 24,184,566 



Year ended Mar. 31: 



1910 180,859,886 21,607,692 



1911 181,895,724 20,739,507 



1912 163,450,684 20,888,818 



1913. . . 155,216,392 20,697,144 



1914 144,478,340 18,868,785 



1915 137,601,661 19,213,501 



Markets for Canadian Dairy Produce 



15. During the past ten years Canada has exported dairy products to some 30 

 different countries, but the quantities are very small outside of the United States, 

 the West Indies and Newfoundland. The United Kingdom is still and will continue 

 to be our chief market. 



16. In 1913 the imports of butter into the United Kingdom were 463,570,464 

 pounds. The imports of cheese of all kinds during the same period were 257,328,848 

 pounds, of which Canada supplied 56 per cent. 



17. The decrease in shipments of cheese from Canada since 1904 has been met by 

 a corresponding increase in the exports from New Zealand, the only other country 

 which supplies the United Kingdom with cheese of the same class as Canadian. 



18. New Zealand cheese has not driven Canadian cheese out of the market. 

 New Zealand is simply supplying the quantity which Canada has been unable to supply. 



19. Canadian cheese easily holds the premier place in the importations of the 

 United Kingdom, both in point of quantity and quality. Importers complain only 

 that they cannot get more of it. 



20. It would be quite possible to repeat the increase of 1915 in the shipments 

 of cheese to the United Kingdom, as Canadian cheese would receive the preference over 

 the New Zealand. 



21. While the export trade has always attracted most attention it must not be 

 forgotten that the home trade is by far the most important, and {hat it is five times as 

 large. The total value of milk and its products consumed in Canada is over $100,000,000 

 annually. 



Probabilities for Enlarged Markets 



22. During the year ended March 31, 1915, Canada imported 6,959,409 pounds 

 of butter, chiefly from New Zealand. There is no reason why all this butter should not 

 be produced in Canada, as it will be in the near future. 



23. As stated in 20, the United Kingdom is prepared to receive a larger quantity 

 of butter and cheese from Canada than is now being sent. 



24. The home market has increased enormously during the past 10 years (see 

 Table III.) 



Three factors have contributed to this increase, namely — 1. Increase of population. 

 2. Improvement in quality of products. 3. Increased purchasing power. 



Another factor should be added by judicious advertisement of the higher food 

 value of milk and its products as compared with other foods now much more extensively 

 used. 



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