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I REMEMBER By Jim Bell The Cheese Industry In casting around for some- thing interesting to write about this week, I ran across the fol- lowing article in an old 1894 Colborne paper, There is no more significant indication of the extent of the transition from wheat growing to mixed farm- ing, which has so greatly con- tributed to the prosperity of Canadian farmers than is af- forded by the phenomenal growth of the cheese industry. This great development in cheese manufacture is almost entirely due to the factory sys- tem, In 1864, the first two cheese factories of Ontario were work- ed» near Norwich by Harvey Herrington and Andrew Smith, The Farrington factory was the larger and provided a market for the milk of 130 to 140 cows. Farrington established other factories in the Province and is fairly entitled to be regarded as the pioneer of the Co-opera- tive system, in 1861, the quant- ity of cheese made in the prov- _ was 3,000,000 pounds. After t ed, each decade: showed | A record of steady growth never approached by any other Cana- dian industry. With the marked improve- ment in the quality of Canadian cheese, an increasing demand for this important article has sprung up in Great Britain, The abundance of the supply has also stimulated the demand. In +966, the people of Great Britain vonsumed three pounds of cheese per yearly, In 1891, the consumption had risen to six pounds per person. Prac- tieally all the Canadian cheese is exported to Great Britain and it is noteworthy that as the Canadian export has increaséd, the United States has fallen off. The total Canadian export of cheese has increased from 974,- 735 pounds, valued at $123.48. in 1866 to 118,270,052 pounds of the value of $11,652,412 in 1892, According to the British returns, more eheese was im- ported into England from Can- ada than from any other coun- try, a The attention of the world having been directed to the su- perior qualities of Canadian cheese by the result of the