496 Dairy Industry of Italy. 



October 31st, 1896, gives the hop production of California 

 for a series of years as follows : — 



Year. 



Bales. 



Year. 



Bales. 



1890 



28,000 



1893 - - - 



51,000 



1891 



36,000 



1894 - - - 



67,500 



1892 



39,000 : 



1895 - - - 



52,000 



It also gives the following figures of acreage and 

 production of the Pacific coast of the United States for two 

 years, viz.: — 



States. 



1894. 



1895. 



Acres. 



Bales. 



Acres. 



Bales. 



California - 

 Washington 

 Oregon 



Total - 



8,600 

 10,000 

 15,000 



67,500 

 49,000 

 63,000 



8,500 

 5,700 

 16,500 



52,000 

 28,800 

 99,500 



33,600 



179,500 



30,700 



180, 300 



The United States Agricultural Department considers the 

 foregoing to be the only reliable information current relating 

 to hops in America. 



The Dairy Industry of Italy. 



In a Report to the Foreign Office on the dairy industry of 

 Italy, Mr. Consul-General Chapman states that, according to 

 statistics published b}^ the Ministry of Agriculture, the produc- 

 tion of cheese in the year 1894 amounted to 1,441,000 cwts., 

 and of butter to 309,000 cwts. 



The cheese which is chiefly produced in Italy is the 

 **grana" (or Parmesan chee se), so called from its granulated 

 texture ; next in importance are the " gorgonzola," " emmen- 

 thal," and "stracchino" of Lombardy," the "fontina" of the 

 valley of Aosta, and the "cacio cavallo" of Rome and 

 Southern Italy. The latter is, however, produced in small 

 quantities also in Lombardy. 



