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of fat), amount of food consumed, date of calving, and marking 

 of the calves and how they have been disposed of. The Pro- 

 vincial Federation has to summarise these reports and to publish 

 such information derived from them as is deemed to be of 

 importance for the furtherance of the breeding of dairy cattle." 

 It has already been mentioned, when dealing with the cattle- 

 breeding societies, that the Law of 1912 offered an increased 

 grant to the bull clubs which had a certain number of their 

 cows entered in " control " societies. Two very important 

 provisions (in sect. 3), which came into force, the first two 

 years after the passing of the Law, and the second three years 

 later, tend in the same direction, viz. that " no State grant 

 shall be given to prizes for bulls of dairy breeds at agricultural 

 shows unless reHable information be given of the milk yield 

 of their dams by quantity and percentages of fat," and that 

 *' no State grant shall be given to prizes for cows of dairy 

 breeds unless reliable information be given of their milk yield 

 by quantity and percentages of fat." At the State bull shows 

 bulls of dairy breeds, which have not previously taken prizes 

 at such shows, shall not take prizes unless the milk yield of 

 their dams by quantity and percentages of fat is stated ; this 

 took effect three years after the passing of the Law. The effect, 

 on the average yield of milk by quantity and quahty, of the 

 work done by Bull Clubs and Control Societies is described in 

 Appendix II., No. 11. 



According to the official inquiry in 1909 the State gave 

 grants to 519 co-operative control societies. These societies 

 were formed : — 



In 1895-1899 128 societies. 



In 1900-1904 207 



In 1905-1909 184 „ 



The total number of societies known to exist during the last 

 four years, nearly all receiving State grants, were : — 



In 1913 692 societies. 



In 1914 - ... 633 



In 1915 666 



In 1916 690 



The Horse Breeding Societies and Bull Clubs found greater 

 support among Jutland farmers than among farmers on the 



