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capita while the people of England consumes about 14^ 
pounds per capita, annually. 
Good cheese will compare favorably with the best of 
our foods. Not excepting beef and pork. 
Then why should we not eat it more freely ? The 
answer is simply because a prime article cannot readily 
be obtained. 
It would seem that the best interests of the manufacture 
of this great staple would be to produce a better article and 
thereby stimulate a larger home consumption. 
A home market is the best of all markets if sufficiently 
•active. 
The future prospects of this great industry in our 
country depends very much upon the course taken by 
those having charge of the same. With proper care and 
judicious management it may become a lasting benefit to 
the dairymen and the country at large. 
The programme was then taken up. 
On’Topic No. I, “ Which is the More Profitable to the 
Dairymen, to Deliver Milk Once or to Deliver it Twice per 
Day?” H. C. Edwards, of Dundee, was called upon and 
said he could not give any information in the matter, that 
would be of value. Had shipped milk to Chicago for 12 
years and had had no experience in carrying to a factory. At 
one time, however, he had instead of shipping the milk, 
skimmed the milk and shipped the cream to the amount of 
two cans per day. He had tried making butter out of the 
second skimming from the milk, but the experiment was a 
failure. From this fact he judged that it was better for the 
milk to be handled but once and consequently delivered to 
factories twice per day. 
C. C. Buell should much regret to see the question 
dropped at this point. The question is: Which is the 
