66 DENMARK’S PRODUCTION OF MILK AND BUTTER. 


the former amounted to i27,738,600 lbs. of butter and 
20,952,800 lbs. of cheese. On the assumption that the quan- 
tity of butter thus accounted for represented nine-tenths of 
the entire production of the country, the remaining tenth 
being allowed for the butter produced in the 77 urban dairies, 
and in anumber of smaller estate and private dairies, the 
total quantity of butter manufactured in Denmark in 1896 is 
estimated to have been about 141,933,000 lbs., which on the 
number of milch cows returned in 1898, viz., 1,067,138, gives 
about 123 lbs. of butter per cow. | 
If it be further assumed that 27 lbs. of alle was required 
for each pound of butter; that 22,000,000 lbs. of whole milk 
were utilised in the manufacture of cheese ; that 400,000 calves 
consumed on an average 440 lbs. of whole milk; and 
that the consumption of new milk, cream, and half-skimmed 
milk in households represented a daily consumption of 
11 lb. of whole milk per head of the population; then the 
total produce of milk in Denmark in 1896 would appear to 
have been about 4,95 3,058,000 lbs. made up as follows :— 
lbs. 
Milk used for butter — - - . - - -  3,832,158,000 
Milk used for cheese - - . - - - 22.000,000 
Milk used for calves’ - . - - - : 176,000,000 
Milk used for households : - : - . 922,900,000 
Total - - - 4,953,058,000 
This quantity would represent an average milk yield per 
cow of 462 gallons. | 
From the foregoing figures, and the statistics of imports 
and exports, some idea may be gathered of the amount of 
butter consumed in Denmark. The home production and 
imports in 1896 amounted to 177,518,000 lbs., while the 
exports were 133,166,000 Ibs., thus leaving 44,352,000 lbs. for - 
consumption in the country. Of margarine it is estimated 
that the quantity utilised for home requirements was about 
22,000,000 lbs., so that the total consumption of butter and 
margarine was roughly 66,000,000 lbs., or about 30 lbs. per 
head of the population. This head rate, Professor Boggild 
remarks, is much below the ordinarily accepted estimate of 
44 to 55 lbs. per head per annum; but he points out that 
according to the statistical data referred to above, the 
