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as nearly as possible is. ojd. per barn gallon, includ- 

 ing the extra pint which the producer must present 

 to the distributor. The fact that the sum paid by the 

 Trifolium dairy is stated to be 6Jd. per imperial gallon 

 (8 pints), which would amount to is. id. per barn 

 gallon, an almost identical figure, encourages me to 

 hope that my calculations are correct. 



Therefore we may take it that roughly the Dane 

 receives is. o|d. per barn gallon as against my is. 3d. 

 after the deduction of the cost of my carriage, which 

 is 2d. per barn gallon. Or rather the actual receipts 

 approximate somewhat more closely, since I must also 

 pay carriage on the extra pint, which adds up to one 

 barn gallon in every sixteen. I make a present of 

 this to the distributor, but the railway company does 

 not make me a present of the carriage on the said pint. 

 Further, some distributors at any rate, think it beneath 

 them to include the odd pence in the cheques they 

 send in discharge of bills for milk supplied. Yet, in 

 the course of a year, these pence mount up. Conse- 

 quently, when all is allowed for, if I may take my own 

 experience as a sample of that of other farmers, it would 

 seem that the price of milk supplied from Norfolk is 

 only about a penny per imperial gallon more than that 

 actually received for milk supplied in Denmark. Also 

 I must cart my milk to the station. Also I receive no 

 share of the profits of distribution as does the Danish 

 farmer, who is part owner of the factory, and, as we 

 have seen, is paid a dividend on its profits in propor- 

 tion to the amount of milk that he supplies, which 

 dividend averages about 9 per cent. 



So after all there does not seem to be any great 

 advantage to the English milk-producer if he sells in 

 bulk to a distributing firm. If he can find a market 



