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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



country produces annually 170,000,000 pounds of butter, 100,000,000 of 

 wliicli are exported. It not only exports this enormous amount, but has 

 a world wide reputation of making the best butter of any country on the 

 globe. 



"We ask, how can little Denmark with the average price of land at 

 $600 pre acre capture the English butter market from the United States. 

 The answer is simply this. They send men over and study the English 

 market, find out the kind of butter that England wants, and then go 

 home and make that kind instead of doing as the Yankee — try to educate 

 the Englishman's appetite up to filled cheese. 



"The second reason is, that they co-operate and help each other in 

 every possible manner, in place of the practice the American farmers in- 

 dulge in' — ^pulling in as many directions as there are men in the community. 

 The Danes have co-operative slaughter houses, co-operative egg sale 

 houses, and co-operative creameries. 



"The third reason of their success is that they just go about it and do 

 things with good honest hard work and always produce a uniform pro- 

 duct. 



"The Danish government appropriates $14,000 annually to the dairy 

 school simply for the scoring of butter. Eight hundred and twenty fac- 

 tories and dairies send in a cask o f butter whenever called upon to be 

 scored. This is done every two weeks, about 100 casks coming from as 

 many creameries. These are scored by nine judges and scores publish- 

 ed and also sent to butter makers so that each can see where his butter is 

 lacking and remedy it. This does a great deal toward producing a uni- 

 form product throughout the country." 



Among the Danish views were the following: Road in Denmark, 

 showing manner of raising trees and harvesting the lumber; cottage Den- 

 mark, Prof. Henry sitting on step, showing whitewashed dwelling and 

 shed, thatched roof with cross sticks on ridge and storks nest on corner; 

 barn on large farm, thatched roof, and stork nest in wagon wheel; other 

 side of court showing horse barn; corrigated iron roof over barnyard, 

 very cheaply constructed and having no supports; one side of cow stable 



