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     this article, and with better means of manufacture, packing, 
     
     and transportation, there is no reason why Prince Edward 
     
     Island should not compete successfully in the British market 
     
     with the commodity from other countries. In the summer 
     
     of 1896 and the winter of 1897 the output of the butter 
     
     factories amounted to 225,802 lbs., the value of which was 
     
     $41,706.37. In 1899 the quantity of butter made in 30 
     
     creameries was 722,614 lbs., valued at $139,057. In 1901 
     
     the value of butter made was $132,792, in 1902 $152,889, and 
     
     in 1903 $1 13,977,25. Many factories are now making butter 
     
     during the winter season, and cheese during the summer, and 
     
     the number of creameries is steadily increasing. 
     
    

    
     The average yield of butter from milk passed through 
     
     the separator is about 4 lbs. for every 10 gallons of milk of 
     
     10 lbs. each, so that the average cow produces annually 
     
     from 150 to 200 lbs. of butter or 400 to 450 lbs. of cheese. 
     
     The yield of milk from fairly good milking cattle is approxi- 
     
     mately 400 to 500 gallons per annum, although from 600 to 
     
     800 gallons per head are frequently obtained from selected 
     
     herds. The rate paid for milk at the factories at present 
     
     prices of cheese should average between 75 and 80 cts. per 
     
     100 lbs. 
     
    

    
     There were in operation in the Island during the census 
     
     year 47 factories, of which 27 made cheese and butter; 15 
     
     made cheese only; and 5 made butter only. The total 
     
     value of the product was $566,824. In 1891 there were 
     
     4 cheese factories in the Island, and the total value of 
     
     the product was $8,448. The Island is exceedingly well 
     
     adapted for the Dairying industry, and when the supply of 
     
    
   
   
    
     milk becomes greater, it will fulfil its destiny as the Denmark 
     
     of America. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Exhibitions of live stock, farm, garden and 
     
     dairy produce and manufactures, have, for a 
     
     number of years, been held at Charlottetown, Summerside 
     
     Georgetown and other places. The provincial fair at 
     
     Charlottetown in connection with horse races under the 
     
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