Town Milk. 
again filled, the country trade has soinewliat declined, jet tlio 
(juantity still delivered is very great indeed. 
The following table, of which the figures have been most 
obligingly supplied to me by most of the leading metropolitan 
railways, indicates the growth and, in some measure since the 
spring of 1866, the decline of the trade. 
Monthly Delivery op Milk (Imperial Gallons) by Metropolitan 
PiAlLWAYS. 
Great 
Westein. 
North 
Western. 
Great 
Northern. 
JlitUand. 
Great 
Eastern. 
South 
'Western. 
Loniloii 
and 
Brighton. 
Jan. 
1865 
8,954 
14 1G8 
14 904 
76 818 
1 •) , i 
Feb. 
9 , 460 
13 024 
1 5 27G 
76 846 
1 '} Q 7 0 
Mar. 
14 590 
12 752 
16 416 
74 783 
1 .L JiOl 
1 , C J 1 
April 
; ! 
11 ,1"} 
10,242 
18 210 
84 452 
1 7 424 
May 
13 050 
6 624 
20 124 
69 89 1 
1 / , JOo 
June 
, , 
14 932 
6 656 
20 392 
68 212 
July 
,, 
12^791 
8,480 
20,556 
82,525 
19,239 
Aug. 
) r 
23,474 
23, 152 
20,952 
70,005 
17,322 
Sept. 
> J 
59,782 
76,160 
21,924 
101,212 
22 251 
Oct. 
J J 
103,214 
123,952 
26,016 
112,890 
116,560 
23^483 
Nov. 
J > 
116,802 
116,700 
27,576 
3,760 
88,714 
112,800 
19,394 
Dec. 
> > 
140,293 
148,296 
27,180 
10,120 
109,325 
116,750 
21,816 
Jan. 
18CG 
143, 600 
155 952 
SO 348 
23 620 
95 269 
97 812 
Feb. 
180 7G4 
143 8S() 
31 008 
20 740 
106 483 
107 772 
22 88-4 
Mar. 
201 GS6 
158 484 
33 516 
21 980 
1 16 700 
116 352 
April 
211 OIG 
142 188 
35 516 
18 100 
145 647 
161 448 
0\i , I 
May 
285 918 
125 208 
39 492 
15 000 
12t) 99-3 
133 476 
or: env; 
OtJ , DV'O 
June 
221 851 
95 352 
37 512 
120 178 
135 516 
42 (!0G 
July 
16Gi892 
80^304 
39,' 01 2 
109*973 
164 ',268 
34,' 171 
Aug. 
153, 7GG 
64,572 
38,202 
109,431 
112,716 
30,813 
Sept. 
110,159 
53,772 
35,280 
109,362 
137,976 
29,710 
Oct. 
) » 
115,834 
63,072 
36,444 
107,955 
114,024 
34 , .399 
Nov. 
) ) 
120,346 
59,936 
35.310 
107,542 
111,276 
28,717 
Dec. 
126,819 
66,564 
33,336 
109,295 
119,388 
28,792 
.Tan. 
18G7 
118,870 
63,480 
31 ,068 
12,528 
110,048 
118,824 
32,649 
Feb. 
131 ,210 
.54,648 
29.784 
1G,36S 
102,500 
112,152 
27,478 
Mar. 
156,579 
61,908 
37,128 
16,284 
106,228 
124,584 
30,086 
A pril 
122,979 
60,096 
S.'l , 1 80 
16,152 
106,510 
120,348 
24,680 
May 
160,628 
54,156 
38,316 
12,816 
106,968 
126,720 
30,691 
June 
125,499 
49,800 
41), 212 
10,572 
109, 107 
129,600 
.30,027 
July 
J > 
112,233 
49, 752 
43,392 
11,676 
105,542 
132,012 
39,457 
Aug. 
> ) 
118,720 
39,084 
42,744 
14,244 
105,487 
126,576 
42,240 
Sept. 
> J 
95,965 
38,088 
39,788 
16,764 
109,605 
118,224 
38,051 
Oct. 
86,668 
50,640 
40,728 
13,068 
107,561 
124, 140 
59,526 
Nov. 
3 » 
149,510 
50, 652 
38,772 1 
19,908 
128,084 
121 ,176 
32,630 
Dec. 
) 5 
123,121 
60,528 
37,884 
19,920 
126,784 
125,916 
31,739 
It is this aspect of the subject which more than any other is 
directly interesting to the readers of this journal. So large an 
increase in tlie quantit}' of milk brought up to town as took place 
during the cattle plague indicated of course a very considerable 
alteration in the management and industry of many a dairy dis- 
trict. And as the facilities offered by the London railways 
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