THE MARKETING OF FARM PRODUCTS 865 



DANISH BUTTER IN ENGLAND 

 By Emmett K. Carver 



Danish butter brings the highest wholesale price of any 

 standard butter in England and is sold in very large quantities. 

 Its desirability is due as much to its uniform quality as to its 

 good flavor and keeping qualities. 



The quantities of butter imported into England from Denmark 

 and other countries show that Denmark sends to England far 

 more than does any other one country. In fact about two-fifths 

 of the total quantity imported by England comes from Denmark. 



IMPORTS OF BUTTER 



Denmark 1,707,178 cwt.^ 



Russia ' 638,284 cwt. 



Sweden 360,357 cwt. 



France 171 ,080 cwt. 



Australia 896,085 cwt. 



New Zealand 276,446 cwt. 



4,049,430 cwt. 



All others 253,262 cwt. 



Total 4,302,692 cwt. 



As the creameries in Denmark are nearly all alike we will 

 take the Orbaeck Creamery as a typical example. This creamery 

 is owned by the farmers of the neighborhood, each one owning 

 one or more shares. All divisions of profits are paid in propor- 

 tion to the quantities of milk supplied and not according to shares. 



The milk is collected daily by the creamery's men. It is 

 immediately separated and the skim milk is returned the same 

 morning. The butter-making is done according to the most 

 modern methods under the advice of a government expert. 



The price paid for the milk varies according to the price of 

 butter. The usual reckoning is that they pay for 28 kilos of milk 

 the price of i kilo of butter. As it only takes 25.5 kilos of milk 

 to make i kilo of butter it takes one eleventh of the price of the 



1 The hundredweight here is 1 1 2 pounds. 



