Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-04
ill.-DAIRY PRODUCTS.
(CCncluded.)
Under special supervision
DIR. WILLIAM p. WILSON.
Director of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial Union.

international trade in dairy products
| depends mainly on the demand which
| exists for them in Great Britain. This
Is especially true in regard to butter.
! Another country that consumes more
| butter than 1t produces is Belgium. But
| Belgiums demand is not more than Il
| nfteen or sixteenth of that OF Great
| Britain. Butter is also imported in large
| quantities by the colonial possessions
| of European nations-by the West In
| dies. by South Africa, by Egypt. by In
! dia, by Newfoundland, by the East In
| dies, by the Guianas in South America.
etc. But Great Britain's demand is so
| largely In excess of that of other coun-
| tries that 1t is almost the only market
| that is thought of when the export
| trade In pure butter is spoken of. Great
| Britain's importation of butter-exclu-
| sive of margarine-iS now from $50, 600
600 to 400,000.0o0 pounds annually.
In cheese there is n wider diversity of
trade. Besides Great Britain and Bel
GUM. France, Italy, Germany and Aus
tria- Hungary are all importers of
cheese to a far greater extent than they
are exporters; and besides the countries
| out of Europe mentioned above as i'm
porterS of butter. there must be added
in the case of cheese, Argentina. Great
| Britains importation of cheese is now
| about 300.000.000 pounds n year (291 col =
096 pounds in 1890 Belgium's importa-
ton Is not more than fortieth that of
| Great Britain; Frances not more than
an eighth; Italy's not more than
twentieth: Germany's not more than
twenty-ffth: Austria Hungarys not
more than n hundredth; Argentina's
not more than an eightieth.
Cheese is largely used in Europe in
| stead of meat. This has been especial
~ true of England. But now that from
| New Zealand, Australia and Argentina
mutton and even beef can be obtained
| easily. 1t is probable that the consump-
ton of cheese In European countries
will not increase so rapidly in the flu
ture as 1t has In the past. On the
other hand. 1t IS probable that the
consumption Of butter will increase
much more rapidly. In the twelve
years from 1885 to 1897 the importation
of cheese into Great Britain increased
by AZ per cent. In the same period the
importation of butter increased by 81
per cent. But it Is not probable that
| this popularity in favor of cheese as
compared with butter will continue
Experienced dairy producers believe
that the cheese market of Great Bril-
tain is now, in proportion to popula-
ton, at its maximum demand In 1898.
as compared with 1897 there was a
falling off in importation OF 10000, 900
pounds. The growing popularity of
meat as an article of diet is hindering
the sale OF cheese. During the las
twelve years QS96 to 1889 the importa-
increased by 40S per cent, and the i'm
portation of fresh beef by 2S4 per cent
| fhat is to say, the Importation of fresh
| mutton Is now over five times what
1t was In 1856 and the Importation of
fresh beef over three and four-fifths
| times what is was in 1856.
The following table shows the but
ter importatons of Great Britain for
the year 1898 and the sources whence
the importations were obtained. The
exact figures are given. for the reason
that in comparisons such as these.
| where both quantities and values are
compared. round numbers (for a single
year only would be somewhat mis-
| leading:
IMPORTS OF BUTTER INTO GREAT
BRITAIN. 1898.
Pounds. Value.
Total import go. 359, 4lS.416 $79.S02, S55
Imported from Den
mark -. -. ..1G4,0S3,S60 sc, 79o 1856
Imported from
| France ...... go. 466S3 952 109I92o5
Imported from Swe-
| den ........ ...... 33,035, 744 7,50S,34
Imported from Hol-
lanu 80, l64, 2SS 6,G4T190
Imported from Aus
tralia -. go. 17.764.76S 4.s16. 1876
Imported from Can
ada :. .17,56s.SSO S.s04,G75
Imported from New
Zealand -. -. 7,s34,2SS 1852, 900
Imported from us 7.471.744 1925, 545
or the remaining importation the
| largest amount was obtained from Rus
STA Russia is rapidly coming forward
| as a dairy-produce exporting country
Its annual contribution to the British
butter market 1t now not far short of
22.5000 600 pounds. 1t thus stands ahead
| of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and
the United States
The following table shows the cheese
importations of Great Britain for the
year 1898. and the sources whence the
importatlons were obtained. For the
same reasons as stated above. exact
figures are given instead of round num-
bers. The importations for 1898 were
about 100000 pounds less than for
| 1897:
IMPORT OF CHEESE INTO GREAT
BRITAIN, 1898.
| Pounds. Value
Total import ...262, 01S, 624 s24.S51.235
Imported from Can
ada ....... .....160. 404,2 72 14,71S625
Imported from us. 54,431.4i0 5,O32, $40
Imported from Hol-
land 49,. 80. s2.so7.sOO s,s24.sso
Imported from Aus
| traiia and New
Imported m
| France 3.705, 632 47051O
In addition to the above importation
of cheese and butter. Great Britain in
/ 1888 imported condensed milk to the
value of S7,179.565 and fresh milk and
cream Figures Of 1890 to the value of
ls49.24o.