FIRST IN DAIRYING.

Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 25, 11 July 1911, Page 4

FIRST IN DAIRYING.

DENMARK AND IRELAND. In an address to the annual Dairy Conference of New South Wales, Mr M. A. O’Callaghan (the State dairy expert) said that the two countries that had made the greatest progress in dairying were Ireland and Denmark. At one time Ireland was the 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 about dairying ; but they soon put their house in order. The Danes sent representatives to Ireland to learn. This was about 23 or 24 years ago. The result was they now did an enormous export trade. These two countries now stood foremost in co-operative 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 has been made consistently in all departments. The Danish co-operative societies had made great strides. They had not less than 1157 co-operative dairies, with 157,000 members ; 34 baconcuring establishments, with 95,000 members; 15 agricultural requirements societies, with 70,000 members; 1260 cattlebreeding associations, with 31,300 members; and 253 herdtesting associations, with 12,000 members.