DAIRYING IN DENMARK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 676, 29 November 1909, Page 10

DAIRYING IN DENMARK.

BIDE LINES AND NOVEL' FEATURES.' ! < * . j , , J , i■• vi. ■ (Spocfally written for Ths Douinion.) ... I .

(BY H. T. B. Drew.) I

(IV) _ ' Denmark does ; inot call .vyho ■ go- t fiboyt the countrj trjing to help, and keep ".'■■j: 'i dairymenvand- creameries on tho right track,. • "inspector/' and "instructors," but "connoillbrs." - >The word 'has a better sound,. and. • implies happier relationship.;. There aro many, i of; .tftesb. jcouncillors.;Soiae ■ arejiireotly'tinder J ; tiie VS^atoy'^but : several •;are .engaged ■ by-, the cor, j . operativo 'assqciations ivith''State aid.', Though . Sg?fvttis':!npiiej} : the direct ; < EoyaUAgriou)tTiral : Society,' '..v : ; whioh; ;inrQ)onmark; . is ..very -.lua. and useful concorn.' Tor' instance,- a\oroamery- :.... or dairymenV. association may desire to ehVi' '■ t: gaee : an. instructor or for. cheeso- >* . making; the Government will;jpay, part.-.of his Balary.;i;Even slaugliterrhqnseS'havo a counoillor to advi-c them sometimes Recently, one - ■; was ' engaged to advise ina (lifficnlty that /selling.v.'- .of a' State ..Vi'TcounciUbr^'associations .'hav^'^o'.^pay,/about I .'BS. lid a day and travelling expenses A creamImanagirJniay/firid,-: lor.'instance,^. on going ■'('.'■■■iVi: through tho published statistics,. that,.ho,, is. > S^v^sing; : ' .-bour./Wliat is thecauss?'He sends. for ail - " expertiV and :ie'arris,'i;perhf.ps,]ithat his••smolie fe®^ : draught; ::/iThere;. are;'special;. councillors,/also,. in f matters-of .firingVaiidjboilcrs;., - ' : ,ing" have,been referred to. - Hero; there; and' re i'n: Denuiark;' are. cb-operatiye : .#{br«i'''vi&dv.'ti^.V''BMiwUyv'ioin'!vtd^llier^iß'. jlaWriisland'ioft.the;.,Kingdom has ; its ."circle." .Finally, l 'all -the .circles- are "cony;i:?;v'cerned'' - inV6ne^hii?e ;: association. 'The' Joint i; 1907 had ■ ''/Farmers,'! •j' '; dairymen,-;. and -labourers comprise _ most. ol iv"!; s i?thehnembars^;l;'inyuired ; iinto : tho Jines; ! ; upoh. ! • : : caro 'ia; !-'-. : token..t:>" iitacV• oiUy^TOllv;^ommoii"i;things-r- - neces-; fWfi;;wkriw'pA.ilif®^:s Thei"cpuiit'ty stores! that: stocked. iis^£;this^tleSripti6n-s^:go6dsi-;V\y6re'.the. ; most., sucv oessftxlv^i"--i■ ■■•■■ ■A:'''v. Swine, Abattoirs, ard Eggs. lively liye dairyman can have 'two useful ...': .side-lines to',aid pigs.; • : sa^;; :: l6j3e-lihes;^r^ehbrmpu^^ l Theynalsb,-rhre.vdealt. - kM : S'i^K-onX'(^EßWtiT%^riiioiyles,'!;aisii^eaay.-iii-; \:hou'sciris'--'ab6iit 30.. . The/quantify, of'bacon' . ' exported (chiefly -to Britain ■ and .'Germany) vis SsSi'js^eat;s : f;Cattlb!miiyV also (.bo; skilled ! at',; these. elaughter-houMs; '-hnd '' connected •'with' each .is get used aro ;!»Jsi^ciatibn : :buysi!b6airs\arid r ; helps,i:the? locali^swine. Lijssociation. .:■ The arc paid by K®^hetv#eiglife|-MtHbafiy; : ':full .< valup ■; is_V paid on; Jfliir. clashes At v the end of the \ear the Shire holders receive a dividend of so much per lb on the, pork delivered 1 ~ s/.-^..,r r .:Mcst".of.r-tlio, - :'SlaTißliWr-honses..l . also-..i handle Siiffi : jieggs; : bnt!itl^EggfExpOTling^^bci£tion:^is2.by; ! ' M i far.' imposing ;, concern , in 1 this line.' -,-:-t-Eii-rlt 'lias about; five .branches,; and 1 has : :^C : and. women. iiKilgfflt; Xmeitibers; ;""The : 'cggs ( h£; ate; startiped jto I .theiri originVi'i If ' badefjgs' §dSij ? alie. ono for' th 6( i|S- : on : ■ tho ,:third ; .o.6casion'/is ; . expeljedl a.llover :s*jEpy( and; j:':vJn^l9o6rP7;-,. w v. dozen were'* exported, besides , which of course, • •. there .were' supplies.; for rthe ,whole .kmg- •- and hims »were 184 G million ltr Tho Creamories./ , You can alwaj?-Wl a- cieamerj l in >Den- t <ft< ■}■ They»are -aprinklcd-'OTer-thQ :.'land. ; ;;i;A^^wbllinghbusa~fo^; : the:inahagef,u.is 'generallySvineprpdMted'flS? thb'fb'Uirdfii'g,^--.WfflsVsaviiig.'rcost.. This,-dwellinghouse,'also. by.vits .pretty .garden ® ife->:'an? 'of -the yha'rd"' lines jski ; ?: :: j;away ; . • rior9..of tho creameries :;are:.models';of ( bleiiiiliv t nes? iThe workers invariably wear thicU;t®^t?®ledS clogs,;;ivhiehivkeepstHeih;Vab9vo. .iv.' -.'. vV. therhberaL streams :of siTirled-'. boiling Water. &'•)^;?vtager,;eight^or^tenv'ineh^,aud:i;bbfS'.i'!s'Sinaller; v-.Tiid^fiaors; are ( : - : three separators-of, tho -Alnha Layal orTitian ]~f Pi i'i J?o' - plant. The , inillibansi.! • i;Wl}«n t\eMp : tied,. get ijii.Rv y "oyer-a; npzilei"' interior' of :the.-cans. 'siveet. .V' CErctilarf cKurns : r ;.:.Thb:mannfactutcd-butfcrl- is '.Jackfd^ j:-.of Danish. beacli. .• Tory little • butter '< seemed , to be put up m nounds I-found tho managers % ! -iy-^P f \®?»^#)!St#s'iV9rgwllinf,tQ^allbw;>isiti

Mammoth Cheese Factory. i ;-In..the-coursevof my wanderings I also l called \ at, and was shcrn over, tho great co-operatno ' I. :. ; -'.Trifolium''. cheese-factory of Haslev, tne larg- . v 'est cheese factofy^itf; : !iJur6peKTeni.thbusihd.i I vcowis ;sftpplr s ;thb;,niilltr^rjAs , ..o'fltfbiittCT'..arc. 'manufactured r . ; ';fere' oveiy;;year, iriost of -which is - sold in ; . Copenhagen." All. ..kinds :of . cheese aro manu- ' . . . factured—efieddar,.Dutch, Swiss, Norwegian, : T.'.v Qnccn Alexandra,, and others, It was WV^^^^sightito^'seo:thOi-wayVthe milk,was''handled 7 in ;_the morning, and the methodical, - yet ;. :. .i. : v.rapid;-.handling,: down -all'tho stages to'buttcr- ; "Peri:'ect" f;Gparatofa : 9cemed :l to bcj , .most in. use.. . ; . Wom'on aro» employed-{to . attend to th'o milk- ';:;:- : .-:caris, ;the •btfttei--taßle^;- : and the churns; Cheese ; ;Btorp : rooini3y ar B. iiot; - galleries; r, but' this i •■ .. association's.'were- .impressive .uv - their -.1M- . .. .. .mensity, and ,;'chMsdi'i ; th'ey >' > ft; - held.. It seemed as .if the'number''could' sup- : ... .' ply ..stepping-stones Denmark! It was : . : ; ' tho sole duty of '.men . eyeryiiday' fc turn' and • 750,0001b.; of 'Dutch'; cheese! Som- of, tho machinery;'for pasteui-ising and' : cooling- th'o ■¥0©'■ of che'eso" was very : intercsting-irtdecd. ;Every.d^y..iiumbors of; men ; . ' . from all over Denmark come'hero to inspect' ; fc-;'-;. .operations,^^ ; "and <learS^ r isomethirig;v ; -It is on'o of . Points wheri the Dane Scores. a vexed questionquestion of: the ; • butter 'quotations :.:fo. -suppliers; Butter • manu- ' facturt/d in Ddnmaik is "Danish" butter All ii/.treated i qtliility." neveriseo; fac- : tory privdteviiarks. rThd'buttcr'quo- • i?'.';K : ' ,by-;ajcqirimitteo'of : fouir 'parsons ' 2 > fi' ! 'i/;IF prcse P!^S; i the'fanners, :and;four.representing .'• .v. : ''; : ; / . ; the-:merchantß,-and chairman not (interested fSWeraeo received-for'the : ir/iy:':/■).. w;oak -.is cstabli'shcd'by.tlio /creamory;;;but.torr' -v! V- BTICO ''Statistica r . ~;-a scaled envoloje; and .when the committee has . deciued on . tho '.ililctiiation ; cipher - • according! ' - ; Ktho .in England -and - - the gencTol" supply;, then tho cipher- -is de-/}r.?^c^?-^i n '>tV:pfwi6usiiy : eek's;ttaQtation;.;un r ,'. : tless/thoy bntter-pricSf statistics' show - an' advance '. ; of; 1-kroner-,per Cwt." Th'o 'statistics a'ro ■ ob'- ' : K-•- ./; . .'a*. member ' of/the -crcaritenes, sending in'-their actual pay-' ments for, tho .previous- week. . Danish butter is" / .. .Bupposjd: to",be,-.flrs);v,grado;'right I th'rbrigh, '.and DO 'doubt estate; export?,*, it is * all I • even. But. di.s'satisf acti on; f is V: rife -''at; there' 1 not /being o : -;'A "quality" piy ments,'.'.bccanso. such " a system ■ the i//4/'H ; bntter. /;pf;'coursb/'bne /cannot'/deny th'o fact ;:S that it is; tho uniyerfeal even grade, ~of tho .- "Danish" i. article—tradesmen are; not ■ ■'■ also i ; ! multitudirions''.fo6tory 'rihanies-r-. ' that keep 3 it.. popular, on tho'market. You : . • Tuarn.this iii I'nglamU And. norh'aps if there .'■v ■ -'.ifere - grades .the name: ,"Danish" , would - suffer■ :5//f;; r /;:;Vrightiup :the;Brades.v Tho;;whpla miestion.'how- ... ■ ever, is a largo and complicated The ; creameries each have a' registered number : . ' known only.vto themselves and tho Government, and .if. too , mjich moisture is discovered in tho butter, m England, tho Danish Govorn- - . merit' can sheet tho,. matter home. Contracts >;Vf, , '^'are,'tormc'4''>ith , /Ilhglish'Vßhd'Sc6ttish;':'.h6nses : ■ ';f much ithe samo as' they a'ro in tho case of :' tho Now Zealand ■ butter. • • : -. .i: , t Where Deception is'impossible. . In and Denmark you see ■iri:"< ■;. Biilo by sido- in tho-ishops margarine and bat-;, , ter. In SchloSwig-Helstem tho lormer is highly, ; . coloured/ and difficult (to distirfguish-fiorn-mit- ;= tor, though tho law compels .it 3 'exposure for • « saio only m tubs. /In iDenmark 1 margarine must ov.: < bo .of:'n'-paler.:;colour 'than -butter. ~"Bvery.::pos/;. /;. ■(} ■' ■ eiblo - care .. is taken 'to ;;piey/ent" .the ..sqbstitutiofi.,;. »• »«• for the other, '; :Great;;quantitiea:<of,

margarine '< aro sold there, ; The price varies from oightpenco to . ono shilling. Butter is high-priccd,, ns it is in Now Zealand. The figures aboilt tally. Thero aro sold in Denmark, howeyer, considerable : quantities ot Siberian button Ono - Thursday, on tho Copenhagen wharf, I saw hugo quantities of tho butter being landed, and either reshipped for Hamourg, or. England, or retained, ilnny. of tho Siberian factories aro owned and subsidised by Danish merchants. It'is an excellent choaper article. VNoitncks in sending it abroad as Danish?" I qiieried in.ono quarter. Tho gentleman smiled and said that snch a thing would'bo absolutely impossible, owing to the rigid supervision. ■ It might also hero bo said that-the milk supply •• in Denmark is fairly regular-all the year round.' This fact, it is advanced, no doubt largely -contributes, to tho popularity of the butter in England—a regular supply of tho fresh. nrticle.:.\ ;In .winter tho cows aro fed mostly on oats and barley and rye. Ensilage is used very little. -Every effort is made t6 fiijht tuberculosis in Denmark. You pco'cautioning notices up everywhere..-.. •. • Copenhagen: A City of' Milk Drinkers.

Copenhagen is a greater milk-drinking city than-'any in New Zealand. This is due largely to tho operations of the Copenhagen Milk Supply Company, which has exceptional trade— hoy,- enormous can be gauged from the number of carte which congregate in. the yards of :the company at tho '-time-of delivery. 'Yet Copen--liagei has a population of ' 200,000 fewer than I Sydnoy—viz., 300,000! ; Milk is brought in from reliable«farms, is cooled, and sold 'in.;,sealed bottles. ■ In- no-cities of .Europe -did. I see-so "dairy" .in Copephagen.' i Children's milk- is -sold at about-.'-threepencea' quart,' and'that ; for ordinary'consumption .at about, twopence.- Since, the inauguration of the ' era \the, mortality; among young 'childrenjifit Is showri;-by.'.statistics,has.materi-ally, decreased.. A pint per; person a- day'is the average"'sold; in tho ; city. '•■ Butter-milk is also sold - cheaply.' and,:- consumed "- If an 'animal.is . condemned as : unsound in' Denmark, tbo flesh, .'afterUhe tainted parts' have been destroyed, us■' sterilised under, high pressure, by. the- Government- authorities,; 'and .then', so}d cheaply.. It is said to be absolutely safe, and ■is":afways in great demand among {the poor.