CO-OPERATION IN 



Dairies 



Bacon-curing societies 



Societies for purchase of require 



ments .... 

 Societies for export of cattle . 



horse-breeding 

 ,, cattle-breeding 

 pig-breeding 

 ,, sheep-breeding 

 " Control " societies 



The first co-operative dairies were founded in 

 1882, and the first co-operative bacon factory began 

 operations in 1887. In 1909 the milk of about 92 per 

 cent, of the cows in Denmark went to dairies that 

 were either co-operative or worked in common, but 

 on this point I spare further statistics. I should add, 

 I however, that the result of the establishment of these 

 dairies has been not only largely to increase the 

 number of cows, but also the average annual milk 

 yield from each cow. This, indeed, has risen from 

 2041 kilos per cow in 1898 to 2661 in 1908. Speaking 

 generally, only a proportion of the large Danish 

 farmers dispose of their milk otherwise than to the 

 co-operative dairies. 



Perhaps nothing throws a more striking light upon 

 the beneficial results of these co-operative dairies than 

 the following fact. In 1882 what was called " peasant 

 butter " fetched 33 per cent, less than first-class butter 

 made on the big farms, but in 1894 the co-operative 

 butter, which, of course, for the most part came from 

 the peasant farms, took more medals and prizes than 



