WORLD’S DAIRYING

Southland Times, Issue 19517, 17 May 1922, Page 2

WORLD’S DAIRYING

THE LARGEST PRODUCERS. The United Kingdom and Germany are, under normal conditions, practically the only two countries in which imports exceed the exports of dairy produce. The United Kingdom imports much more than all the rest of the world combined. The United States has imported annually for some years about 60,000,0001 b of European cheese to satisfy the demands of people from these different countries, while at the same time about an equal quantity of butter and cheese has been exported to various countries. Even in Canada there is a small importation of cheese, partly to supply a socalled “fancy” trade and partly to suit the tastes of some of the foreign population. The United States, with something like 22,000,000 cows, is easily the largest producer of dairy products in the world, but barely enough butter and cheese is produced to meet the demands of a population of over 100 millions. During the first nine months of 1920 the United States exported 354,000,000 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk, the equivalent of 82,000,000 pounds of cheese or 36,000.000 pounds of butter. The exports of condensed and evaporated milk are now declining rapidly, having dropped from 51,000,000 pounds in April to 21,000,000 pounds in September. Russia comes next. The rapid development of co-operative dairying in Russia was the most notable feature of dairy progress throughout the world during the 10 years preceding the war. In 1896 the total number of creameries in Siberia was 29. In 1910 there were 3109 creameries. The number of creameries (co-operative) in the Union of Siberian Creameries Associations increased from 563 in 1914 to 1000 in 1916. After the year 1918 the co-operative creameries were not interfered with by the Soviet Government.