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milk for cheese making. As to skimmed cheese, he bought 

 sorhe full-cfeani, took it home, his family Would not touch 

 it, but wanted some of that mi/d cheese — which means 

 skimmed. There is no disputing the fact that it would 

 often bring more in the market than full-cream. It is ready- 

 to eat as soon as made ; not so with full -cream. The 

 trouble is, the supply is too great ; it is enormous, amount- 

 ing to as much as one-half our national debt. Our Cana- 

 dian neighbors come to Elgin, learn to make skimmed 

 cheese, go home and make and ship to England ;^8,ooo,ooo 

 worth, and have hardly begun yet. He here read from the 

 Utica Herald as to number of cows, exportation etc. 



ScoFiELD : Wanted to know the amount of skimmed 

 cheese, in pounds, equal to the cheese which would satisfy 

 an Englishman ? 



CoLLETT : Thought, although cheap, it was in the 

 end an expensive food, as it cost so much for medicine to 

 work it ©fif. 



Judge Wilcox : Took exception to some of the 

 figures read by McLean, from the Utica Herald. They 

 were preposterous and should never be given to the public. 



Dr. Tefft : Said those figures were made by J. H. 

 Real, and should be received with great allowance. 



On motion topic No. 4 was passed, and 



Topic No 5 — Was taken up. "What per cent, depre- 

 ciation is there in keeping up a dairy from all sources ? " 

 This eminently practical question seemed to stagger many 

 of the dairymen present, as no sensible answer could be 

 given, only by one who had kept his accounts exactly, and 

 this is what few dairymen do. 



