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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3499, 21 March 1905, Page 3

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SECRET OF ITS SUCCESS, The Danes love their cows, and give them every comfort; and the cows, not to be outdone in devotion, do their very best. All the stables I visited were fire proof, had concrete floors, and there was water so arranged that everything could he washed. Each stall had a tablet with the name of the cow, date of birth, pedigree, etc. There was also a slate on which a daily record is kept. If a cow is sick she it at once separated from the other animals and taken to the hospital. It is a crime in Denmark to use or sell milk from a sick cow. The milking is done by women, who are not allowed to wear sleeves below the elbow. They wear white linen caps and aprons and must not only wash the udder of the cow, but also wash their own hands before milking each time. Everything fed the cow is prepared with great care—the quantity is known as near as possible. In the pastures every weed is- pulled and the cow is not permitted to eat anything that will in any way taint the milk. The cream is carefully pasteurised. In short, the 'secret of Danish buttermsking is perfect cleanliness and eternal vigilance,, but the result is a product that will go through the tropics 'or the'circumsolar region - and come out lUading up.—“ Dairyman."