CATTLE BREEDING IN DENMARK. 
The co-operative creameries made it possible for all farmers, even 
the smallest with only one cow, to obtain good prices for their butter, 
By this means, it was made possible to send to the English market 
Danish butter of a good and uniform quality, and to build up a reputa- 
tion for Denmark. The next thing was to produce more butter. This 
required more feeding stuff, more and better cows.. On that account, 
the farmers commenced— 
(a) To produce heavier crops from their own fields by better 
rotation, especially by the extension of the area cultivated 
with root crops, and by the use of commercial fertilizers.: 
(b) To buy and use commercial feeding-stuffs, such as oil cakes, 
and corn. : 
(c) To improve their live stock, especially the cattle and pigs, 
also the horses. a 
The results of this work are shown by the following figures concerning 
the export of live stock products and import of feeding-stuffs'from 1876 
to 1914 :— : 
1 
Surplus Export} Surplus Import 
of Live Stock of Feeding Difference, 
— Products. Stuffs. 
Mill, Kr.* Mill. Kr.* Mill. Kr.* 
1876-1880 a: ire 66 ata 24: 42 
1881-1885 14 vt 80 5 75 
1886-1890 a ti 100 24, 76 
1891-1895... Be 141 40 101 
1896-1905 Sn a3 259 100 159 
L906 see ane hes 289 131 158 
1907 °.; rhe ea 310 135 175 
TSOS ses ts a 337 132 205 
1909 .. 3 3 346 151 195 
LOLO Se at an 380 128 252 
1911... = A: 384 138 — 246 
1912) 3 ai SA 454 179 275 
iy 4. ary Aa 492 184 308 
1914 .. wie W 619 136 483 
* 1 Krone nominally: = 1s. 14d. 
The main part of the money in the first column came from England 
in payment for butter, bacon, and eggs. The last column indicates the 
difference between the value of the surplus export of live stock products 
and the value of the surplus import of feeding-stuffs. It would be right 
to say that, to a certain extent, the difference means the amount. of 
money which the Danish farmers have received for their home-produced 
stuffs, for care and management of the live stock. Denmark makes use 
of four different breeds of cattle, two native and two English :— 
1. The Black and White Jutland cattle. 
2. The Red Danish Dairy Breed. 
3. The Shorthorn (dual purpose). 
4, The Jersey. . 
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