The Farmer 



milk dealer gets 6d., yd., Sd., and gd. per gallon, 

 according to the district and to the time of year. 

 The milkman retails at I4d., i6d. and even i8d. 

 per gallon. This is a tariff of loo per cent. — 

 for the cost of distribution and for the middle- 

 man's profits. 



In Denmark the work of distribution is done 

 for 30% of the original cost — and this includes 

 the profits of the milk company as well. 



In Danish cities the milk is handled with far 

 greater care and cleanliness than is the rule in 

 England, glass bottles hermetically sealed be- 

 ing common instead of our bad system of tin 

 cans. English milk is exposed to such insani- 

 tary conditions that a very large number of out- 

 breaks of scarlet fever and diphtheria have been 

 directly traced to contaminated milk. The 

 Danish dairy herds are now nearly free from 

 tuberculosis owing to the systematic way in 

 which badly afiected cows have been killed, 

 and those slightly affected strictly isolated. 

 The government of Denmark considered the 

 question to be one directly affecting public 

 health, and therefore gave the farmer com- 

 pensation for the cows which had to be killed 

 for the public good. 



I have seen dairy farms in America where 

 600 cows in milk were carried on 1,000 acres ; 

 another of 500 acres with 400 cows in milk. 

 Much the same ratio is to be found in 



