CANADA'S CHEESE INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 898, 18 August 1910, Page 8

CANADA'S CHEESE INDUSTRY.

V;> ;V; ; )\. '.. ifessrs: J; 8.-'MabEwan- and Co., Ltd., / ■■■'.'•; state that' they have" just' received the y, v ifollowing ■; from, their' Montreal ., corres--::.;pondent:—.-.:w-: ' - . ''':'.■■ '.''. .; "The'receipts.of cheese into Montreal : -:,from'the opening' of the:season., up- to : July 2 were:—479,423. boxes, as' compared .with 470,882 : hoxesjup to the \ same ■ date v.. last' -year: ;■"-..'"-. .'■'. ; v-';;';: ■'' . -:.',';■: :, "Shipments\;of/cheese 'from Montreal 1 '.',' from.the opening .of the' season up ..'.to ; 'July .2 were 421,252'b0xe5,; as -compared ;/: -with 444,197 boxes-up to the same, date! '■.;'■.''.last- year.' '''".■:"•■'.'-'.';■ '/■'. ■■■".' .; ' •/. -is. hot'' and '.dry, make -is. '-.:: declining, -and (we !do ,riot,anticipate the ■;. 'July :will-;be ;any : greater ..than last \-- : jem":,, : ;'.■....■['::■'.■■ y-l"..; ,■■:■"'' --:'.,. ■

CHEAP^RUIT.

.THE/MDtlS'MlE'.S'. IDEA.

The: Hon. T; Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture', (says tho "lyttelton Times"),. hopes',to* be able to assist the public, especially the less affluent public,, to secure a.reasonably cheap supply, of fruit. :• He is, he' told a. reporter,. inquiring as to the possibility of securing a :means-:of enabling the producer to supply the cori- . Burner.;direct, abolishing the work ••and: -tost ofvthe; present intermediaries—car- '. riers, 'auctioneers, and; retailers.. At - pre•6en.t,' as'has frequently, been .alleged, -fruit that would; bo most welcome any-'-where..is'allowed to rot under .the trees.' -The Minister's proposal is to provide facilities -whereby.; a consumer may send a '.postal'note.to a grower, and have the . fruit:sent to him.direct, at no more than • the; cost'h of carriage. This, he believes, .'would.enable apples, for instance, to be supplied to:the consumer : at-Id. .to ljd. per .lb'., >"• which; would be an enormous boon, allowing the full use of fruit to , many';who.now. find its cost prohibitive. The fruit,can even now .be sent by rail 'much' more cheaply; than is -'generally, "supposed.'..'. A 401b.Vcaso of fruit ..'can.be: . sent a;great distance •by 'rail and. delivered as'well for ah-inclusive charge of sixpence.; .?.'■"•■. ...•'';.;. • ';,