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countries, and are persuaded that the principle 

 on which they are based is worthy of imita- 

 tion by British small holders. In Denmark, 

 where small cowkeepers are very numerous, 

 the same principle is adopted, although the 

 system is more perfect, butter being the chief 

 article of produce, while pigs are fed upon the 

 skimmed milk, and subsequently sent to the 

 bacon factory, which is conducted upon the 

 same plan. In Holland, although there are 

 some instances in which co-operation has 

 been invoked successfully, the majority of 

 the small farmers make their cheese and 

 butter on the farm. Our own experience 

 of the work in Holland, however, leads us to 

 believe that the profits realised are smaller 

 than where the milk is manipulated in a 

 co-operative factory. 



Where milk-selling is impossible, and it is 

 still determined to keep cows for the manu- 

 facture of butter or cheese, it is not so important 

 that the holding should be so near to a town, 

 for it must be remembered that the rent 

 is determined very largely by the position 

 of the land. Pasture and meadow land 

 frequently realise £8 to £lO per acre when 

 adjacent to a large population, while land 

 of the same character can be rented at 15s. 



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