74 journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo Feb., 1912. 



Later on, the Danes discovered that they were not getting all that was 

 possible out of their industry, and that thev could do better with their 

 skim-milk and butter-milk by converting them into bacon for export to 

 Britain, which already provided the outlet for the bulk of their butter. 



To' enable them to start on sound lines, qualified men were sent by 

 the Government to discover the class of meat that brought the best returns 

 and how to produce it, with the result that they forthwith started breed- 

 ing stations. These were placed under the control of experienced breeders 

 who were subsidized to breed pure pigs, so that pure boars should be 

 available at a rea.sonable rate to dairy farmers for crossing with the 

 native breed of pigs. The breed decided on was the Large Yorkshire, 

 and regular importations are still being made to keep up the standard. 



Breeders' associations were started in different districts to provide 

 boars for use by the members. This system of breeding, combined with 

 proper methods of feeding, has enabled them to produce a type of bacon 

 which commands the highest price on the British markets. The im- 

 portance of this will be evident from a study of the figures given below, 

 taken from The Grocer: — 



Imports into Great Britain, 1910. 



