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Book Review

THE UNITED KINGDOM DAIRY INDUSTRY E. L. Crossley. Richard Clay and Company, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk, England. 142 pp. 1959

University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

Professor E. L. Crossley of the University of Reading, with the help of 16 collaborators, has compiled an attractive book on the growth of the dairy industry in the United Kingdom during the past 30 years. This book is profusely illustrated with photographs, figures, and tables, a special feature being 22 colored pictures of the British breeds of cattle and of cheeses.

An attempt has been made to present a broad outline of the dairy industry in the United Kingdom, which consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and several other small islands. The United Kingdom has a, land area of about 93,360 sq. mi., divided as follows: England 53.9%, Wales 8.6%, Scotland 31.9%, and Northern Ireland 5.6%. This area supports 51 million people, with 42 million in England, Wales 2.6 million, Scotland 5.1 million, and Northern Ireland 1.4 million. Out of this population there are 300,000 farmers and 698,000 agricultural workers. It is this land area, with the production of its workers, about which Professor Crossley tells his story of progress in the dairy industry. Both the production and consumption of milk have increased greatly. Traditional farm-house dairying has passed away, replaced with a modern industry of high technological development. The processing of fluid milk and distributing it to every family in the, country are outstanding technological achievements of the dairy engineering industry, based upon research and education.

This small densely populated country has developed one of the great dairy industries in the world. Professor Crossley and his collaborators tell a most interesting story. This is a very attractive and readable book.