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grees F., and put into small-necked bottles sealed with corks or ex- 

 panded pulp covers. 



Milk of different standards is sold, l)ut each is distinctly marked 

 Avith a label stating the quality and price. ]\Iilk sold in bulk is sent 

 out in large sealed cans from which it may l)e drawn only through a 

 faucet, over which must appear a statement of its quality. In this way 

 skim, one-half skim, whole milk and ereainjnay be put out by the same 

 wagon at prices varying according to the quality without danger of 

 the purchaser being defrauded. But all of this milk is of the same 

 high standard from a sanitary standpoint, as it has all been produced 

 under the same rules, which require the dairymen to provide healthy 



Co-operative creamery. 



cows, clean barns and utensils, proper care and feed at all seasons, and, 

 to insure proper cooling, thirty pounds of ice must be provided for 

 every eleven gallons of milk x:)roduced. 



This system of inspection and company control has been brought 

 about largely through the guidance of the directors who, without re- 

 muneration or money interests, serve to see that the supply of milk is as 

 nearly perfect as possible. 



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. 



In Denmark dairy manufactures are confined almost exclusively to 

 the making of butter. The first co-operative creamery was started in 

 1863, but co-operative creameries were not generally successful until 

 after 1880. It was about this time that the centrifugal cream separator 

 came into practical use, and this gave creameries a special impetus and 

 advantage. From this time the dairy industry grew with marvelous 

 rapidity until for several yeai*s the production of milk and making it 

 into butter in co-operative creameries has been the chief industry of 



