WORLD'S DAIRYING

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2587, 22 August 1922, Page 3

WORLD'S DAIRYING

THE LARGEST PKODUCEKS

Tho 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 80,000,0001 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 eh'JOsO, partly to supply a so-called "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 aid 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 351,000,000 •pounds of condensed and evaporated milk, the equivalent of 52,000,000 pounds, of cheese or 30,000,000 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. JJussia comes 1 next. The rapid development of cooperative dairying in Russia was the most notable feature of dairy progress throughout the world during the ten years preceding the war. In 1890 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 Creamery 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, but in 1919 the Government assumed control of the co-operative movement, and it is said that there has been ti very considerable fulling off in the production as a results. In 19.14 Eussia exported 6,034,500 pounds of butter to the United Kingdom, and at the same time a very large quantity was sold to Gcr- | many. At the present time there is practically no butter coming from Eussia to the United Kingdom. It is understood that whatever surplus they i have is now going to Germany. Germany has a normal cow population of about 11,000,0.00, which are not . sufficient to supply her own needs. A large quantity of Siberian and some Dutch and Danish butter found its way to Germany in pre-war days. Denmark's total exports'of butter in 1914 were slightly over 200,000,000 pounds. Denmark is a negligible factor in the manufacture of cheese, only a com-

paratively small quantity being manufactured, and that being mostly made from skimmed or partly skimmed milk. France has a well-developed and, in some respects, a highly organised dairying industry, with about 6,000,000 cows, or sufficient to provide a considerable surplus of both butter and cheese for export.

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