DENMARK'S DAIRY PRODUCE

Chronicle (Levin), 14 May 1946, Page 5

DENMARK'S DAIRY PRODUCE

-**. kitort to regain pre-war position NEW zealander's visit i'Sp«*i-i:il 'iiti'k])o1h1']u.) l.'iM-ci \ cil .Mnndav, 7.15 p m. LOXDON, .May 13. :ui Dcnmark regain 1km- prewar posil.iirt in l 1m* export of dairy produce? 'liii- is nnc of ihe points in vestigated In Mr. A. II. Ward, director of Hcrd I ii! I • : ' i \ i iriont , during a recent visit to I'uj i-!iliayiMi and otlu*r Danisli centres. • 'T;ie uuswer, " sai] .M r. Ward, "de|imh!s io a very ronsideruble exteiit on lln- di'-roo 1o which an iiiereased supplv nl iVrdin" stnlfs can he niade availahln ln liiMiinark. An additional faclof will l.i* * in* availahility of farm labour ulii.di at preseut is very scarcfe and rn-iiv. Wages were t'orced U]i by Germaas in order' to got voluntary* labour i..r ! • ; t i lii-at ion work and for eutting (•i*:ii * 1 1 replace eoai. The Danisli eow |n.|nd:n ion feil during tlie war but has iimv ! ■i*i*ii restored -to a point where it b inily npproximatolv 70,00't cinvs beli»w |ivi*uar numbers. (.'oiisequeiit ly Ihe livima! hui of prewar production per ( «-«■ w uluch is down by ahout 20 per ri nl. v. ill he a maia I'aetor. " ni-m-ii lieless due to the use of by[nniiiii ts from Ihe. sugar heet erop, the JJr.u. - had heen alde to prevent tlie ]»roiliici inii per eow from falling to as lo\v a lc\c! as during tlie last war, Afr. Ward -aid he discovered. There was ni d'.uiii that the Danes were making cw-rv cffort to regnin tlieir fornier dairy cvnort position and tliey already V.I1I- ta!;ing steps to restore tlieir inarRiirlac industry in order that they miiibl export niore Imtter. At preseut, diic in tio* ahsenee of margarine, the haiii - were ealing ahout lialf their tutu1 i.'Mtef production. Thc Danisli total niilk production last year was approximately eighty per cent oi the 1939 figure. Altiiough they lacket lceding stuffs and had their labour difticulties, they were planning ahead by giving a great deal of attention to heednig improvement and herd man-, agemeut, Tln* Hines were adopting artificial ni-i'iid' ai inii ext ensi vely and tliey were ti "tv n-b:g it for servicing over 400,000 '■wv ;i::inially. Tlint was hetween 25 'n, d ::•) i ier cent of tlie total eow population. (in Samses Island where there v.oic rows, only four bulls were in "w*. \d of ihem were located in the5 insiin 1 Ti eiuination eentre and all Ihe '•'i» M»rvieed by artificial insemiiiiiti'.!!, Ou*r iil'ty ]ier eent of tlie eows in bcii!i,:u k had their records kept bv Mill; I;. , nnli og Societies. This. was Mii*\.*d to he the highest figure for !,uy diii lying countvy in th'e world. Wl'i-o :i ny r;inner desired to use Ihe a 1 1 • ti.-T-j l inseiiiiiifition service for Jiis ■ bi'iii, ji w o s :i eondition that he must id-ii {•!:>•> Jiis lierd under niillc reeordi»g. ! Ti'.i- I ijines were also developing a I'l'ugi-tiy j(.st for dairy eattle. Three !'iog»*|.y tcsiiug stations were already ^nrking and niore would he estahlished. 'I In* ;,(•• ico is for a sample of sixteon. •Inngiit crs of ti partieular bull to he fed inaha eoni rolled eouditions for ten '■'"•ii! h~. Tlieir yields were earefully re•■'•idi'i! and hy that means it was hoped ■ t'Me ide a service for artificial in- ' sj'ini:iiit ion groujis wherebv the quali-| •Jk* of n hull couJd he estimated hefore f ive pnt hit o widespread service as a |vu' c! >ire. i Mr. Ward also paid a visit to Swedeii ; V;hei'e he found that dairy production ivas no w practically equal to prewar. "Sweden," he said, "has standardised aU niilk for human consitmption at a tt'i'Ge per cent bivtterfat level dnd is ttsing tlie fat thus saved to increase her , kutter production. It amounts to a saving of 15,000 tons annually. "Tlie Swedes liave also standardiserr nll i-lo-ese ut. tliirty per cent fat whieh hui Il„. elfect of rest rieting the p_ro-«hn-i i«.)i ci |" (imo better class Svvedish 'lifcscs. Production costs are high and i! i- "iilikelv that the export of butter ti Rrilnin will be contemplated for 5oiiii* tinie. An important e.ontribution It cjiith* hreeding and feeding research ia "weden, is the work of Dr. Gr. Bon-

I nier at Wiad, near Rtoekholni. Twinj heifer calves are rear'ed under sct eon-| ditioiis and it lias been found possible: to eonlrol to a considerable extent, both the environment and hereditary iniluenefes. Both Dr. Bonnier and Dr. A. Hansson, who works willi him, consider that breeding influence is of niore iniportanee tlvau hitherto believed." | Mr. Ward has also been to the United Btntes and Canada. TTe saw various State research institutions and visited economic and statistieal sections of. the Department of Agriculture, in both eountries. "Tn Ameriea the xvork of Dr. W. E. Pclei'son, of tlie University | of Minnesota, is of outstanding interest i to Nex\ Zealand," said Afr. Ward. "He specialises in studying factors influeni cing niilk secretion in dairy eattle with ' particnlav reference to fast milking. " During the remainder of his stay in i London Mr. Ward, ' togothor with Afr. i Ohishnlm, of the Nevv Zealand Afeat i Produeers' Board, will aet in an advis- ' orv capaeitv to tlie Kew Zealand dele-gation-to the Jnternational Conference of Agriculture Produeers. ,