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stock along, has been alluded to. This point need not be en¬ 
larged upon, since dairymen who are accustomed to feed stock 
during our cold winters, where six months’ store must be pro¬ 
vided, will at once appreciate what advantage a milder climate 
is to the stock keeper. 
Wherever, therefore, there are grass lands in California hav¬ 
ing the climate I have indicated, they should be employed for 
dairying, and they will prove in course of time, I believe, more 
valuable than the grain lands ; and even now, taking one year 
with another, can be made the most remunerative. 
Markets .—Of course, the question of markets is one to be 
considered ; for if the time comes when the Pacific slope has a 
surplus of dairy products, where is to be the market or outlet? 
I believe a very p:ofitable trade could be opened with China 
or India for this class of goods. Indeed, some of the San 
Francisco dealers told me that shipments of cheese had been 
made to China, and with good profits to the shipper, the only 
objection being that the length of the voyage made rather slow 
returns. ut a regular and steady trade opened is a different 
matter from chance shipments, and hence I see no reason why 
the dairy could not be made remunerative and enduring upon 
the Pacific slope. It is quite probable, for some time to come, 
that home consumption and home trade will take all the cheese 
that will be likely to be made upon this slope. 
Milk Dairies .—Wherever there are large cities or considerable 
towns, a supply of milk must be had, and milk dairies natur¬ 
ally follow and develop into a specialty. I was unable to get 
statistics as to the quantity of fresh milk used in San Francisco, 
but I obtained some facts in regard to one of the largest dairies 
employed in furnishing fresh milk for city consumption, and 
this was the 
Dairy of A. F. Green & Co .—It is located at Millbrae, in 
San Mateo Co., and numbers six hundred cows. San Mateo 
county lies south of San Francisco, and is bounded on the 
northeast by the Bay of San Francisco, and west by the 
Pacific. 
