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organization, factories pay a nominal fee to join the co-operatives and
undertake to sell all their butter and cheese to the society’s warehouse
at Montreal, where it is graded and sold by auction to the highest bidder.

There is no danger of over-production in dairy products for the very
favourable markets of the United Kingdom are prepared to receive far
more than Canada is at present able to offer. For foreign trade a uniform
quality with steady supply is a necessity. Every encouragement exists
for the province of Quebec to extend its dairying industry.

Typical butter and cheese factory seen in all the counties of Quebec