CHAPTER II 



ORGANIZATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BUTTER 



The organization for the production of butter may be 

 treated under two general headings. The first concerns the 

 production of the raw material, and includes a study of the 

 cow-testing and breeding associations and societies for buy- 

 ing and selling; and the second has to do with the organ- 

 ization of the factory, the prevalence of the different forms 

 of organization, and their geographic distribution. 



THE COW-TESTING ASSOCIATION 



The cow-testing association is an organization among 

 dairy farmers formed for the purpose of ascertaining accu- 

 rately the net income received from each cow. 



The cow-testing association had its origin in Denmark 

 in 1892. 1 The idea was first conceived by State Counselor 

 B. Boggild and outlined at a meeting of the Kildebrond 

 Creamery patrons. Fourteen farmers agreed to weigh their 

 milk and furnish samples to the creamery manager to be 

 tested by him. The results of the records kept by this small 

 group of men led to the organization of the Kildebrond 

 Bull Association, which was formed for the purpose of im- 

 proving the herd. The latter organization was a natural 

 consequence of the results of the tests made, and opened 

 the way to weed out the unprofitable cow by replacing her 

 with a highly productive cow. The first formal coopera- 

 tive cow-testing association in Denmark was organized 



1 Vide, Circular 179, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



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