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district add materially to its prosperity. The high 

 rate of wages induced by the neighbourhood of 

 these towns makes it more possible for the smaller 

 men to rise to independent positions than is often 

 found to be the case ; but the personal element is a 

 strong factor in success, the dalesmen having in- 

 herited instincts of thrift and independence. 



DANISH METHODS IN WENSLEYDALE. 



There has recently been started at Northallerton 

 a pure-milk factory, run on the lines of the Copen- 

 hagen Milk-Supply Company in Denmark. 



The building has been put up by the North- 

 Eastern Railway, who lease it to the company, 

 which has been registered as the 'Wensleydale 

 Pure Milk Society, Ltd.' It is too soon yet to 

 anticipate results, but conversation with fanners in 

 the dales from where the milk is collected made 

 me form the following impressions : 



That the conditions attached to the initial treat- 

 ment of the milk at the source are so stringent 

 as to cleanliness, inspection of herds, etc., that, if 

 fulfilled, the milk must have a higher commercial 

 value, from the point of view of the factory, than 

 milk which is not produced under these conditions. 

 Therefore the producers have a right to demand 

 and receive a price corresponding to this enhanced 

 value that is to say, if the farmers are to be 

 induced to take this matter up and support such 

 factories, a higher price must be paid than the 

 current price obtained by them at present from 



