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CHAPTER V. 



Being a Statement of the Regulations Governing the Milk Supply 

 of Copenhagen, said to haoe th 2 best Milk Supply in the World, 

 and a Review of the Ideal Company Regulations of one of the 

 Largest Dairy Companies in the World. 



In view of the fact that Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 

 was making a visit to Great Britain and Europe during the past summer in the 

 interests of agriculture, he was asked by your Commission to make enquiries into 

 the milk question. In response to our request, he looked into the matter in Copen- 

 hagen and London and submits the following chapter which we beg to present for 

 its educational value: 



" Denmark has become during the past twenty-five years the most noted dairy 

 country of the world. Special attention has been given to the breeding and feed- 

 ing of dairy cattle; to the care and handling of the milk, and the production and 

 marketing of dairy products, especially butter. Special attention has been paid to 

 the prevention and cure of tuberculosis. Prof. Bang, the most noted authority on 

 the treatment of tuberculous cattle, is a Dane and his methods are thoroughly car- 

 ried out by the farmers of Denmark. It might be expected, therefore, that Den- 

 mark would offer a good example of the production, care and handling of milk for 

 human consumption. The city of Copenhagen has, I believe, the best general sup- 

 ply of milk of any city of the world, and the retail price of milk is 5 to 5 1-2 cents 

 per quart. Its population is 375,000. The total population of Denmark is 2,450,- 

 000, about 300,000 less than Ontario. Its area is 10,000,000 acres, a little more 

 than the total area of field crops' in Ontario. This little country, with a population 

 somewhat less than Ontario, exports annually approximately $90,000,000 worth of 

 butter, bacon and eggs, of which $80,000,000 worth goes to Great Britain. 



First of all I give you the city sanitary regulations under which milk may be 

 delivered to and sold in the city of Copenhagen. This' is followed by a brief and 

 simple statement of the operations of the Trifolium Dairy Company and the regu- 

 lations under which this company carries on its work. 



1 mis', lit state that the documents used in this report were in Danish and I had 

 them translated for the use of the Ontario Milk Commission by Mr. J. F. Hansen, 

 a well informed Danish gentleman who resided for a time in Canada. 



SANITARY REGULATIONS. 



City of Copenhagen. 



Rules Governing the Sale of Milk, etc. 



Sedtion 1. 



All vendors of milk and persons engaged in the transport of milk destined 

 for sale in Copenhagen are subject to the control of the City's Health Committee 

 and must strictly observe the rules laid down in the present Order. 



Section 2. 



Any firm or person desirous of carrying on business as vendor of milk in the 

 city of Copenhagen must prior to starting operations give notice of such intention 

 3 M. c. 



