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two imperial gallons with an extra pint thrown in as a 

 present to the distributor, which works out at a penny 

 a pint, or 8d. per imperial gallon. 



Out of this, however, I must pay carriage from 

 Ditchingham to Liverpool Street Station, which 

 amounts to id. the imperial gallon. But the milk 

 sold to the Danish co-operative dairy is, as we saw 

 at Brorup, collected by the factory carts, which are 

 part of the equipment of the place. It would seem, 

 therefore, that after all I only receive three halfpence, 

 or, if carriage is allowed for, one halfpenny more per 

 imperial gallon than is paid at Trifolium. 



This matter of the comparative prices of milk in 

 England and Denmark is so interesting and important, 

 that in view of the assertions which I have seen made 

 in various papers as to the very considerable advantage 

 which the English farmer receives in this particular 

 over his Danish confrere, I have thought it well to go 

 rather more closely into these figures. 



I find by reference to the foregoing pages that at 

 the Brorup co-operative dairy in the autumn of 19 10, 

 19 ore was being paid per two kilos of fresh milk. At 

 Professor Maar's farm at Nordskov, 5 ore was received 

 per lb. Danish. At Hillerod, Mr. Sylvest Hansen, a 

 small-holder, obtained the same price as Professor 

 Maar, namely, 5 ore per lb. Danish. The Copenhagen 

 Milk -supply Company pays 21 ore per two kilos, 

 which is a little more than is paid at Brorup. In this 

 case it should be remembered, however, that the milk 

 is of special quality, and that a trifle, probably about 

 1 ore per kilo, must be deducted for carriage. 



According to an agonising calculation which I have 

 worked out, I hope correctly, the average of these 

 various prices for kilos and Danish pounds equals 



