42 €0-OPEBATION IN DANISH AGRICULTUKE 



with any dairy, either making their own butter or more 

 probably selHng milk to the towns. 



In co-operative dailies ... 



In private collective dairies . . 



In no dairy 



Number of 

 holdings. 



154,602 

 12,536 

 12,667 



179,805 



Number of 

 cuws on these. 



In percentage. 



Hold. 



1,059,359 ' 86-0 



113,834 ; 7-0 



98,953 I 7 



Cows. 



83-3 

 8-9 

 7-8 



1,272,146 1000 1000 



The question as to how the relationship to dairies varied 

 with the size of the holding was also investigated. Grouping 

 the holdings according to size it was found that in the different 

 groups the following percentages of the total number of holdings 

 in the group, and of the cows kept on the holdings, belonged 

 to a co-operative dairy : — 



This table shows how evenly the co-operative dairies have 

 been patronised by farms of different sizes. Only the very 

 largest farms have kept somewhat aloof from them. Seeing, 

 however, that the number of estate dairies decreased from 90 

 in 1909 (the year of the above inquiry) to only 16 in 1914, it 

 is probable that an inquiry in 1914 would have shown that a 

 much larger percentage of the large and largest estates had 

 joined the co-operative dairies than was the case in 1909. 



Of the 3,400,000 tons of milk produced in 1909, 2,620,000 

 tons, or 77 per cent., were treated in co-operative dairies. 



