An Average Rule to Judge of Cheese

An average rule it will be found
Ten pounds of milk will nmke one pound
Of cheese, will sell in numbers round
Wholesale at ten cents a pound.

In season, factory can with ease
Make quarter million pounds of cheese,
Which doth sum up the figures grand
In dollars, twenty-five thousand.

Judge of the stream of milk doth flow
To factories in Ontario,
Where they number one thousand
Scattered o’er this fair, fertile land.

One company hath branches near
Makes o’er one million pounds a year;
They fill an order in a trice
And thus obtain a higher price.

So quickly they can make car load
To fill an order from abroad;
Advantage cheese has over grain
In shipping it across the main.

It is great saving in the freight,
Its value is six times as great
Each pound, as barley, wheat or peas,
So it pays best to ship the cheese.