Australia, The Dairy Country

Name: Australia, The Dairy Country
Author: Australia. Department of External Affairs

Australia. Department of External Affairs

Dairying -- Australia

TEN YEARS.
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |                         |      1902.     |      1912.     |Increase.|
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |Dairy Cows          No   | 1,113,911      |  2,086,885     | 87.34 % |
    |Pigs                No   |   777,289      |    845,255     |  8.88 % |
    |Hives               No   |    80,111      |    167,441     |109.01 % |
    |Production (quantity)--  |                |                |         |
    |  Butter                 |79,572,327 lbs. |187,194,161 lbs.|135.25 % |
    |  Cheese                 |10,005,787 lbs. | 16,160,491 lbs.| 61.50 % |
    |  Bacon and Ham          |30,608,345 lbs. | 54,192,175 lbs.| 77.05 % |
    |  Honey                  | 2,873,763 lbs. |  8,007,492 lbs.|178.63 % |
    |  Beeswax                |    68,243 lbs. |    130,959 lbs.| 91.90 % |
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+

                                       FIVE YEARS.
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |                         |      1907.     |      1912.     |Increase.|
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |Production (total value) |$74,803,200.00  |$97,344,000.00  | 30.13 % |
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+

                                       TEN YEARS.
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |                         |      1902.     |      1912.     |Increase.|
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |Exports (Value)--        |                |                |         |
    |  Butter                 | 1,820,371.20   | 16,044,681.60  |         |
    |  Cheese                 |    20,592.00   |     27,648.00  |         |
    |  Condensed Milk         |    55,689.60   |     92,308.80  |         |
    |  Bacon and Hams         |    37,060.80   |    328,814.40  |         |
    |  Lard                   |     6,100.80   |    177,902.40  |         |
    |  Frozen Pork            |    70,339.20   |     79,972.80  |         |
    |  Honey                  |     7,891.20   |      9,235.20  |         |
    |  Other items            |   269,246.40   |     78,859.20  |         |
    |-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+
    |        Total            |$2,287,291.20   |$16,839,422.40  |636.21 % |
    +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+

[Illustration: In the Butter Factory.]

The United Kingdom purchases the great bulk of Australian butter--about
88 per cent.--but considerable quantities also go to Canada, Ceylon,
China, the Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Hongkong, the Islands of the
Pacific, Japan, Philippine Islands, the Straits Settlements and South
Africa.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Australia, The Dairy Country

No reviews yet