FIRST IN DAIRYING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 8

FIRST IN DAIRYING.

"DENMARK AND IRELAND." In an address to tho annual Dairy Conference of New South Wales, Mr. 31. A. O'C'nllaghau (the State dairy export; said that the two countries that had made tho' greatest progress in dairying were Ireland and Denmnrk. At one time Ireland was tho only country that exported butter. Great attention was given to education even 50 years ago, when there were several schools in existence. It was not so very long ago that Denmark knew nothing ab'out dairying; but they soon put I heir house in order. The Danes sent representatives to Ireland to learn. This was about 2,1 or 21 years ago. The result was that they now did an enormous export trade. These two countries now stood foremost in co-opera-tivo organisation in the world. Ireland had,fallen back; but still the fact remained that it was in the forefront. New South Wales was making fine progress, but not in all branches of the agricultural industry, while in Denmark and Ireland the progress had been made consistently in all departments. The Danish eo-operatite societies had made great strides. They had not less than 1157 cooperative dairies, with 157,000 mombcrs; 31 bacon-cming establishments, with 05,000 members; 15 agricultural requirements societies, with 70,000 members; 1200 cattle-breeding associations, with 31,300 members; and 253 herd-testing associations, with 12,000 members.