( XIX ) 
STATISTICS OF DAIRY PKODUCE. 
(JFhe following Quotations, &c., are extracted from 'The GroctT.') 
Fkices Current ou 1st Saturday in January of eacli Year, from the latest actual 
Market Sales. 
1872. 
1871. 
1870. 
1873. 
lutter : 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Carlow, finest, F.O.B. .. 
, , 3rds, new 
, , 4ths , , 
1208. to 
Ii6 ,, 
133 ,. 
124 .. 
106 , , 
84 ., 
112 , , 
1348- 
136 
137 
129 
118 
86 
116 
1308. to 1448. 
126 ,, 146 
142 ,, 150 
134 ,, 142 
122 ,, 125 
112 , , J r4 
128 ,, 132 
1248. to 130* 
122 ,, 130 
134 .. 137 
123 125 
107 , , 109 
100 , , 104 
116 ,, 120 
128 
126 
136 
■33 
125 
'17 
s. to I36». 
> ) 140 
145 
> , 140 
. , 128 
, , I 20 
Foreign : 
Kiel 
Normandy 
106 , , 
75 
100 , , 
90 , . 
60 ,, 
116 
124 
140 
ISO 
IJ5 
102 
76 
no 
94 
IA2 
., »JO 
. . 156 
, , 116 
104 
74 
104 
90 
100 
I ? 2 
. , ijo 
n6 
.. 150 
. , 112 
J 20 
100 
112 
n 2 
,. 134 
, , 130 
145 
heese: 
English Cheddar, fine, new 
, , good , , 
Red Somerset Loaf . . 
White or yellow Cheddarl 
Loaf / 
Scotch Cheddar 
, , good ditto 
Wiltshire, new 
, , good ditto 
North Wilts, Loaf, new .. 
Derby , , 
66 ,, 
50 
60 ,, 
60 ,, 
70 
50 
64 
50 ,. 
50 
56 ,. 
84 
72 
70 
70 
84 
64 
70 
60 
72 
78 
74 
80 
80 
70 
78 
60 
64 
80 
68 
,, 100 
.. 92 
., 92 
, , 80 
., 90 
74 
84 
90 
,, 86 
90 
74 
72 
76 
70 
84 
66 
72 
62 
76 
72 
,. 94 
,, 86 
84 
.. 84 
, , 80 
90 
78 
,, 80 
, , 68 
34 
., 86 
86 
74 
64. 
80 
64 
68 
62 
66 
70 
», 94 
n A 
• • 74 
.. 90 
,. 76 
.. 78 
.. 64 
78 
.. 86 
Foreign : 
American, fine 
,, good .. .. 
Gonda 
60 ,, 
40 ,, 
40 
66 
56 
64 
74 
60 
50 
, , 80 
,, 68 
64 
72 
64 
50 
75 
.. 70 
,, 62 
66 
60 
50 
.. 74 
,, 64 
,, 62 
Edam, new 
50 
70 
54 
70 
54 
"65 
54 
.. 68 
In reviewing the provision market for the year 1871, ' The Grocer' 
reports that " the butter market for the first two months of the year 
—or perhaps we shall be right in including March — was greatly 
influenced by the drought of the summer of 1870, and also (par- 
ticularly in the months of January and February) by the prohi. 
bition of shipments of butter from France. This was occasioned 
by the war then raging there ; and shipments were also lessened 
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