French Dairy Industry. 



whether it is made of whole or skim milk. The pro- 

 duction of the various sorts is best shown in tabular form :— 



Production of Cheese 1892 and 1882 (000 omitted). 





1892. 



1882. 





Milk used. 



Cheese pro- 

 duced. 



Milk used. 



Cheese pro- 

 duced. 



Hard cheese : 



Gruyere and the Uke - 



Full cheese 



Skim cheese 

 Soft cheese : 



Full cheese 



Skim cheese 



Gallons. 

 55,094 

 39,316 



121,405 



7f>,544 

 182,899 



Cwts. 

 365 

 350 

 474 



815 

 680 



Gallons^ 

 47,300 



1 



[ 477,730 



J 



Cwts. 

 290 



1,963 



Total - 



475,258 



2,684 



525,030 



2,253 



It will be noticed that the quantity of milk used in 1892 

 was returned as less than in 1882, although considerably 

 more cheese was produced. Considering the localities which 

 furnish the greatest quantities of cheese, it will be observed 

 that the great butter-producing districts do not occupy the 

 same pre-eminence in this manufacture; the cheese-producing* 

 departments being, generally speaking, in the east, especially 

 the districts near the Swiss frontier, and only one Norman 

 department is high up in the list. The principal cheese- 

 producing departments, with an output of over 5,000 tons in 

 1892, are the Seine-et-Marne, 143,389 cwts.; Jura, 122,915 cwts.; 

 Haute Savoie, 1 19,939 cwts. ; Cantal, 118,388 cwts.; Vosges, 

 108,301 cwts.; Calvados, 105,218 cwts. ; and Doubs, 100,698 

 cwts. In this connection, and as explaining the prominent 

 position of a comparatively central department, it may be 

 mentioned that the Brie (well known for its variety of cheese) 

 is a district to the south-east of Paris, mostly in the 

 Seine-et-Marne. 



Although the manufacture of cheese is thus a more im- 

 portant industry in France than butter, it does not constitute 

 anything like so large an item in the external commerce. 

 Our own trade returns, indeed, show an importation in recent 

 years of some 50,000 cwts. of cheese from France, a 

 maximum of 58,346 cwts. having been recorded in 1893 (this 



