Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-11-21
AMERICAN VS.. CANADIAN CHEESE

AMeHiCAN VS. CANADIAN CHceoe.
IL appears that American meat Ia not
the only thing that our cousins under
British rule are playing 'Yankee tricks"
with. While English butchers and
dealers are selliug all good meat a.
English aud all poor meat ~ American,
4 it seems that Candisn cheese experts are
buying our cheese and branding II over
and selling Il as Canadian cheese and
getting about cent more on pound ss
the result Of the fraud. Il appears that
on account OF government supervision
and great care In educating cheese max
ers and some other things the English
people have more faith in cheese made
In Canada, therefore this distincti0n.
But Canadian dealers would not ( Ike the
chance Of ipjuring the reputation OF their
cheese by putting ours In as their Own II
they thought II Was Inferior. Several
reasons have been given for the sup
posed difference In the cheese on the two
sides Of the national boundary, among
which is the use of so much ensilage In
American dairies; but Prof Robertson,
the head dairy commissioner Of Canada,
destroys this argument In an address
before the Economic Cattle-feedlDg As
ISOLATION In which he 10 reported rs say
ing: "The drift of this address Is to
prove to you that feeding stock with en-
silage does not take these food elements
from the farms In large quantities, and
still does furnish these things for human
food In large Quantities-it Ia paradox,
but capable Of demonstration. The
small farmer, the man who has been
neglected, the man who says the big
farmer can keep stock and make money,
but cannot can 80 enlarge his output |
through feeding corn ensilage n to have |
on small farm large profit and small
expense. The growth OF corn and the |
making Of eusllage Is capable Of the best |
service to the farmers, and every |
farmers prosperity Il a measure Of
prosperity To every good citizen OF the
country. Canada can make gains from |
the growing of corn and the making OF
ensilage; and your association, In my
opinion, 10 deserving Of the most hearty |
support. In western Ontario We may |
have next winter twenty-five creameries
running all winter, wholly due to the
corn crop and the use Of ensllage. We
can have In ten years. time As large a
value In butter exported rs Of cheese, by |
growing corn and feeding ensilage;
aud II Montreal could handle el0, ,OOO, 600
worth Of butter and sl5,OO0,0OO worth
Of cheese, it would be beneficial to the
Wholesale trade and every other line OF
business. Then, In live stock, last year
Canada exported 10000 head Of cattle
Of value Of SS,G23, ,202. Ii is possible
to feed more than twice as many animals
on the same farm, by growing corn for
ensilage, instead Of growing hay. The
tremendous possibility Of this Is appar-
ent, II you take figures In regard to the
keeping Of animals that are dry, the
keeping Of animals that are being fat
tened, aud the keeping OF those which
are giving milk, and calculate the posi-
BILE reduction In the cost Of the winter
ing OF cattle In Canada for one year-l
mean from November I'LL the end OF
April-by the feeding Of ensilage. The
actual saving would amount this year,
II corn ensilage without hay we're fed,
to SIS, 9,OOO, 900 In the Dominion Of Cana
da. Now In the export Of agricultural
products We might send abroad
sia, ,OOO,O 900 worth annually, but u We
shall save the el9, 100000 that can be
saved by feeding ensilage, we shall lind
the farmers better Of, and they will
have large portion Of the profit which
now remains with the merchants"
Then what Is the troubley Ii IL probable
that there l. lingering distrust In Eng.
lsud on account 1T the ftct that .olne of
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