ABSTRACT
Special attention has been drawn to the need in the interests of the health of the community of a more abundant and purer milk supply, and to the opportunities that this need seems to afford for co-operation. In a country like Great Britain, however, with its large centres of population, it is not improbable that in many grazing districts it is in the preparation and sale of milk rather than in that of butter or cheese that the co-operative principle will be found of exceptional use. It is in the supply of this commodity, therefore, that an exceptional opportunity seems to exist at the present time for co-operative enterprise. The analysis of the returns by districts, assuming that the size of the family is uniform, shows variations from nearly two-fifths of a pint per person per day in Scotland, still, relatively, the land of porridge-eaters, to about one-sixth of a pint in London.
