Export of Butter from Swfden. 



In the depressed condition of agricultural industry of late 



years in so many of the European countries people have 



learned to pay increased attention to the production of eggs, 



an article of easy sale and increasing 



Danish Egg universal consumption. The exportation 

 Trade 



of eggs from Denmark now exceeds in 

 value that of horses and live cattle together, the shipments 

 having* amounted in 1901 to 19,010,000 scores, valued at 

 ^1,181,000. These exports consist solely of eggs of Danish 

 produce. About 2,000,000 scores of foreign eggs, mostly 

 Russian, were imported into Denmark in 1901 for the home 

 market and confectionery purposes. — -Smor Ttdende. 



In 1900 the total number of butter and cheese factories in 



Sweden was 1,688. Of these 1,215 were 



Swedish Butter creameries, 287 cheese factories, and 186 

 and Cheese , . , . , , r 



Factories. combined creameries and cheese factories. 



The total quantity of milk handled by the 



factories was 842,280,576 kg. The creameries manufactured 



26,114,018 kg. butter, 3,265,734 kg. full cream cheese, 



1,463,370 kg. half cream, 182,809 kg. quarter cream, and 



2,523,542 kg. skim cheese. The number of butter or cheese 



factory patrons was 68,947. 



H.M. Consul at Stockholm reports that the total amount 

 of butter exported from Sweden during 1901 was 18,775 



tons, a decrease of about 2 per cent., 

 TmS™' com P ared with the previous year. The 



total amount of butter sent to the United 

 Kingdom showed a considerable falling off, whereas the export 

 via Denmark is reported to have increased, especially as 

 regards well-known brands. According to a report issued 

 by the Smdrprofntngarne (Butter Testing Association), the 

 quality of butter produced by the dairies connected with the 

 society, all of which send in their butter for examination, 

 showed improvement compared with that of 1900. This is, 

 however, not the case if the average quality of all the butter 



