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the number of cows, the amount of milk received, the amount 

 of butter produced, skim milk and buttermilk returned to 

 farmers, skim milk and buttermilk used for cheese making, 

 the outgoings for wages, cartage, fuel, packing, oil, salt, etc., 

 proceeds from sale of butter, etc., surplus paid to members, 

 net proceeds per 2 kilo milk, etc., etc. ; and also general averages 

 for all the dairies showing yield per cow, production, prices, 

 economical result, etc.i xhe same Committee for Dairy 

 Statistics also pubHsh an annual report on the prices paid week 

 by week to dairies for their butter. The statistical office, to 

 which the State make a grant (on the current budget : £560), 

 has at various times published lists of all dairies in Denmark, 

 both co-operative dairies, collective private dairies, and estate 

 dairies ; comparisons between economical working of large and 

 small dairies ; information on the various ways of paying for, 

 milk received ; different systems of cooling in use in dairies, 

 and so forth. The first chairman of the Central Organisation 

 was Anders Nielsen, Sveistrup Ostergaard, who in 1914 was 

 succeeded by Niels Porse. 



Some of the local Dairy Associations have supported a 

 movement for the formation of Societies for Milk- testing, 

 introduced in 1902. There are now 14 such societies with 291 

 ^ co-operative dairies as members. A milk-testing society appoints 

 7 a " milk judge," whose duty it is to visit the dairies comprised 

 in the society in irregular rotation, and, jointly with the 

 manager of the dairy visited, to taste and to test the milk 

 from each co-operator as it arrives at the dairy. The result 

 of each judging is sent to the members of the co operative dairy 

 society, and these are instructed in the proper treatment of the 

 milk. The idea is to ensure a supply of fresh and clean milk 

 to the dairy. In some societies deductions in the price of milk [,/ 

 are made in case of unsatisfactory milk ; in others a small 

 money premium is paid to the co-operators whose milk has 

 come out best as the result of the year's testing, which premium 

 is generally given to the person responsible for the milking and 

 care of the milk. 



One form of co-operation between Danish Dairy Societies ^^^^^^^ 

 for a very special purpose deserves to be mentioned, although 



^ Somo extracts are given in Appendix II., Table 11. 



