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From this table we 'see that the price per lb. to the supplier is about 

 5Jd. per English lb., or al)out ^3 per pig, a splendid average price for 

 so many years. 



Besides doing a large trade in bacon, thi.s, company handles a great 

 number of eggs. Each supplier i'S given a number, which he puts on e\ery 

 egg. Once or twice a week a cart goes round collecting. When it arrives 

 at the receiving station the eggs from each supplier are taken charge of 

 and graded, the weights varying from 14 to 18 lbs. per hundred. The 

 different weights are placed on separate trays, which have a space for 

 each egg. These travs are then takenl to a dark room and placed over a 

 strong light. If anv eggs are found to be faulty they are returned to 

 the supplier, who is cautioned. If a second offence occur.s the supplier 

 is fined i krone (is. ild.) for everv bad egg, and for a third offence is 

 prohibited from supplying. Eggs are bought by the pound, prices varying 

 from 38 to 90 ore (42d. to ii|d.), according to time of year. 



A Model Dairy Factory. 



For any one interested in dairying to visit Denmark without seeing. 

 the Trifolium factory would be similar to a Mohammedan going to Mecca 

 and not visiting the tomb of the prophet. This fine factory is situated 

 close to the town of Haslev, about 30 miles from Copenhagen. All around 

 the country is admirably adapted for dairying. Everywhere the traveller 

 casts his eye methodical agriculture is shown. The motto of the Danish 

 farmer seems to be that well -known adage, " Waste not, want not." 

 Every corner of land is utilized, and if not good enough for cultivation 

 is planted with trees. Few fences are to be seen ; thus little land is 

 wasted in this way, though several crops, such as pasture, barlev, oats, 

 gieen crop, may be in one field. To prevent the cows which graze on 

 the part under grass trespassing they are tethered to stakes by means of 

 long ropes. The farmer comes out occasionally during the dav, and 

 removes the stakes to other parts of the field, thus preventing anv one 

 particular part from becoming foul. The cows were all rugged, although 

 the weather was fairly warm. The water supply is very good, and the 

 pastures very clean. Everything about Ihe farm buildings is tidy. The 

 cow-sheds, however, were not so good as in some countries, the animaLs 

 not having enough room behind them. Although the Danes are so much 

 ahead in other matters connected with dairying, they seemed to be lax 

 in regard to the keeping, of sheds. For instance, in a byre at an agricul- 

 tural college there was a stall with noi cows in, but which was occupied 

 by a sow and her progeny. It is hardly necessary to mention that there 

 was an odour anything but favorable to the production of' pure milk. 



The cows are mostly of the red Holstein breed. One that does not 

 give an average yield of 700 to 800 gallons per annum is thought little 

 of. The show cow as known in Australia is unknown in Denmark. 

 Whilst the Australian breeder goes in for symmetry of body aind fine 

 appearance, the Dane judges a cow mainlv bv her milking properties. 

 Kecords are kept; only the calves from the best cows are retained, and 

 these are well looked after from their youth upwards. The farms are 

 mostly small in extent, and generallv owned by the farmers themselves. 

 There are, however, some large estates, but even on many of these the 

 tenants become their own landlords in due course, as thev are paving off 

 so much per year as rent and capital. 



