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. + 