VISIT TO DENMARK

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 179, 16 August 1937, Page 6

VISIT TO DENMARK

Where Cows Are Milked Four Times a Day The necessity to visit the Continent for the purposes of trade discussion with Hollandt to which comment had been made, gave the opportunity; t« make a w%ek-end visit to • Copenhagen^ where inquiries were made into conditions in the Danish dairy industry,. and more especially into the exehange and import-control procedure in operation in Denmark. "Following arrival at the Copenhage* air port . on the afternoon of Sundays Jnne 27} " said Mr Nash, "a visit wai paicl to a large dairy farrn devoted to the supply of fresh milk to^Cqpenhjgen^ We were accompanied*o.n the visit. by, Mr Molteson, of the Danish Agrieultural Council, from whom much valiiable aud interesting • information was: obtained respecting the conditions under which dairying in Denniark is cond.ucted. "A feature whieh attracted • attention was the sight . qf some 20 • cows^ the . best . milkers^ . in stalls in . a - barn where they are fed and milked four times a day. . .This .was -said to be the practice for the", first mouth qr .so of milking. t Ail miiking is Jcj e by h'and, "Vigorous effqrts are being made to eradicated T.B.' from cattle in Deutnark, A visit was also paid to a large dh'iry factory a small dairy faetory^ ahd.. a large bacon-euring f actory. "'The discussions with the directfor and the secretary of the National, Bank in regard to the procedure in connection with exehange,," said Mr Nash,1 "were most helpful and much useful data have been supplied in conneetion w.ith tho matter whieh, is the subject of a special report to the Governmlnt." , Mr Nash was accompanied . by. Alrs Nash, who was with him throughout hie trip, anfl by Mr T. R. Aickin and Dr, W. B. Suteh, members of his secrotarial staff. The other members of Mr Nash'g staff were Mr G. A. Pascoe, of the Department of Industries and Commerce, Afr J. P. D. Johnsen, of the Customs Department, and Miss M. Ar-mita-ge, typist.