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XThe money for building a co-operative dairy is generally 

 raised by a loan for which members are jointly liable. Most 

 co-operative dairies have now repaid the loan, and sometimes 

 raised a new loan. The capital required to build and equip 

 a co-operative dairy depends on the size or the number of cows 

 whose milk it is designed to treat, and is often stated as ?o much 

 per cow. The first dairies were small and scantily equipped, 

 and cost about 33 shillings per cow.i ]S[ovv the cost is estimated : 



In 1915 there were on an average 151 members with 931 

 cows in each co-operative dairy.2 Grouped according to the 

 quantity of milk treated during a year the co-operative dairies 

 were distributed among the groups by percentages as follows : ^ 



In 1906. In 1914. 



12*7 per cent. ! 9*0 per cent. 

 37-7 „ 310 „ 



Dairies treating less than 1000 tons milk... 

 1000 to 2000 tons milk ... 



2000 to 3000 „ ... I 321 „ 314 



3000 to 4000 „ ... ! 13-3 „ 18-6 



4000 to 5000 „ ... ! 3-5 „ 7*4 



„ „ more than 5000 tons milk ! 0*7 ,, 1 2*6 



1000 „ 1000 



This table shows that the average size of a " co-op. dairy " has 

 increased during the period from 1906 to 1914. 



Payment for milk deUvered (that is, part payment, to 

 which at the end of the year is added the share of the surplus 

 corresponding to the quantity of milk delivered) is generally 

 by quantity and quality, the price increasing with the contents 

 of cream or fat. Originally a co-operator often had as many 

 votes at the general meeting as he had cows ; now it is almost 

 the universal rule that one man has one vote, independently 

 of the size of his farm. The estate owner with 300 cows has 



^ J. B. Krarup and S. C. A. Tuxen, *' Beskrivelse af Landbrugets Udvikling 

 i Danmark fra 1835 indtil Nutiden." 



2 DanmarksMejeri-Drifts-Statistik, lOAargang, 191G. See also Appendix II., 

 Table 11. 



' Stat, Mcddclclscr, " Mejeribrugct i Danmark," 1916. 



