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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
makers of the old country speedily rouse themselves to the 
emergency, applying to their busines, a like spirit of inquiry, 
and a like determination to excel, they must very soon sur¬ 
render the foremost position on their own markets to their 
American competitors, and content themselves, if they can, 
with the second place. 
SEASON IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 
The cheese of Canada is improving yearly in flavor and 
quality and is coming to be much sought after by both Lancas¬ 
ter and Liverpool dealers. 
The season for Dutch cheese opened, as for all other sorts, 
with a bare market and full prices. The weather in Holland, 
throughout the season, was favorable for dairy products. But 
producers showed a disposition to realize on their stocks as 
so(5n as ready. The particular size and shape of Dutch cheese 
limits their use to certain districts, and they can never become 
a formidable competitor to you. 
Scotland is said to be increasing her production of cheese, as 
well as improving its quality. 
Sweden sends little or no cheese to the English market. 
Our receipts of cheese in New York city for the current sea¬ 
son, that is from the first of May last, (1869), to the first day 
of the present year, were about 1,292,000 boxes. The receipts 
from now till the first day of May next, which completes the 
year, will, I think, bring the total of 1869—70 fully up to the 
heavy one of 1867—68, which so frightened some of your 
members. It is true that the cheese do not now average so 
much in weight as they did that year, but against this I offset 
the largely increased quantity that has this season gone to Chi¬ 
cago, Cincinnati and other cities, direct from the western part 
of this state. From these figures we can fairly infer a largely 
increased make over last season. Now, let us see how the con¬ 
sumption has kept pace with this great production. Our stock 
of cheese in New York city, Jan. 1,1870, was liberally esti¬ 
mated at about 80,000 or 40,000 boxes in excess of that held 
at the same date last year, while the receipts to that date 
