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Milk in Sweden. 



It appears that an export trade in mules and horses is 

 springing up with South Africa, several large shipments, 

 comprising 2,921 horses and 6,958 mules, having been sent 

 off during 1897, and it is held to be probable that further 

 large consignments will be sent to replenish the farms in 

 South Africa, which have suffered from the ravages caused 

 by the rinder-pest." 



The production of butter is reported by Mr. Laing to be 

 assuming large proportions in the Republic, whence over 

 15,000 cases are now exported annually, whereas a few years 

 ago almost all the butter required for consumption was 

 imported. The increasing production of home-made cheese 

 is also said to be gradually driving out the imported article, 

 which until quite recent years held the market in undisputed 

 sway. It seems probable that the dairy industry has a great 

 future before it in the Republic, as the supplies of milk and 

 cream are abundant. 



[Foreign Office Report^ Annual Series^ No. 2044. Price i |d.] 



Production of Milk in Sweden. 



According to an estimate made by Dr. Engstrom, the 

 Director of the Dairy School at Alnarp, the total production 

 of milk in Sweden in 1897 amounted to about 471 million 

 gallons, the average yield per cow being taken at 314 gallons. 

 The quantity of milk consumed in the raw state in that 

 year is calculated to have been 172 million gallons ; milk 

 used for feeding calves and other animals accounted for 

 1 5 million gallons ; and the remainder of the year s production, 

 viz., 284 million gallons, was used for the manufacture of 

 butter and cheese. 



The number of dairies in Sweden engaged in the production 

 of butter and cheese is stated to be 1,800. This number 

 includes 945 estate dairies, of which 625 use only the milk 

 produced on the estate, while 320 also employ purchased 

 milk; 515 dairies owned by joint stock companies; and 340 

 co-operative dairies. It is estimated that of the 284 million 



