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BULLETIN 1266, tX. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
This uniform supply has been met through the development of 
winter dairying (root crops for winter feeding) which is now a 
common practice on all farms, and enables Denmark to maintain 
her butter production at a uniform level each week in the year. 
The wide difference in prices paid for butter during different seasons 
on the English markets 30 years ago does not now exist. Butter 
export from all other countries except Denmark is seasonal export. 
The English retailer supplies his customers with Xew Zealand and 
Australian butter in winter, but in summer he must change to 
butter from northern countries. (See fig. 8.) This change involves 
risks and speculative elements, which are ultimately charged to the 
marketing costs. Denmark can supply her English customers the 
year round, which fact, together with the uniform standard quality, 
Butter Imports into the United Kingdom from Denmark and Xew Zealand, by Months, for 
Year 1913. 
POUNDS 
MILLIONS 
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16 
14 
12 
10 
~ .JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 8. — Butter imports into Great Britain from Xew Zealand and other countries are 
seasonal except from Denmark. The development of winter dairying- in Denmark 
assures a uniform butter production throughout the year. This regularity of Danish 
butter imports to the British markets gives the Danish product a most advantageous 
market position with the British trade and consumers. 
Source: Indberetning til Landbrugs Ministeriet fra Statskonsulent. Harold Falser, Ton- 
don. — " Landbrugsraadets Meddelelser," July 4, 192:;. 
makes it easier and cheaper for the merchant to handle Danish butter 
than the butter from any other country. 
MARKETING DANISH BUTTER. 
Danish butter is now largely an export product. Margarine is 
commonly used on the family table in Denmark. Approximately v ^ 
per cent 20 of the total butter production is exported, and it con- 
stitutes tlic nation's largest and most important export. As butter 
production increased during the last half of the nineteenth century. 
Great Britain became the principal foreign market. To satisfy the 
demands of the British consumers has been the chief aim of the 
Danish producers. The importance of the United Kingdom as a 
market for Danish butter is illustrated in Figure 9. 
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