IMar,, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 187 
(589); gg eg ¢¢ gd, Rhene, by Chilo (1825); gggggees gd, Rhea, 
Y Nero (1265); g gggeggeaed, Raspberry, by Harold, jun. (1.096); 
S&eeoee9oe¢ d, Strawberry, by Adonis (1612); ggggggegeggsgd, 
) eesham, by R. Colling’s Son of Phenomenon (491); gggggggeggegggd, 
Y Punch (581). 
Dam—Mountain Maid 18th, by Duke of Richmond. 
gd Mountain Maid 12th, by Rosebuds Early. 
gd Mountain Maid 11th, by Rantin Robin. 
gd Mountain Maid 9th, by Young Fenian. 
gd Mountain Maid 4th, by Lord Raglan (47). 
gd Mountain Maid 2nd, by Major Nelson (49). 
¢d Mountain Maid, by Museum (54). 
WHY DANISH BUTTER BEATS BRITISH. 
By JAMES LONG, 
In the Agricultural Gazette, Tasmania. 
a ue be possible to answer the above question by replying that Danish 
; er occupies our home markets in place of our own butter because the 
FS ane of Denmark produce it at less expense, but the object we have in view 
me 0 show how they are enabled to ship their produce to this country at a remu- 
Fieve price, and to undersell us. As will be seen in the following remarks, 
syste Success is largely owing to education, to the perfection of a practical 
Ik ie both of production and sale, and to the national form of combination. 
aj 8 well to remark at the outset that there are no expensive agricultural or 
tty schools in Denmark, no high salaries paid to officials or instructors, and 
tech arge grants made by the Government. As a matter of fact, the 
Fe ‘nical education grant made to an important English county is, I 
leve, considerably larger than the whole grant made on behalf of 
for ne of agriculture. There are special allowances made by the Government 
© purpose of helping dairymen and dairywomen to learn their business. 
on addition to the agricultural schools the Poultry Farming Society receives a 
peat With the object of improving the poultry industry, while a sum of no less 
ives a ,000 is annually paid for prizes for the encouragement of the improve- 
The of Danish live stock and of the agricultural institutions of the country. 
= a are, too, certain experts who are retained and paid some £4,000 a year 
¥ ae the farmers, in addition to which there are others in the service of the 
i al Agricultural Society. Some support is given to a few credit institutions 
it eogcultural land banks, and lastly the railway system of Denmark, being 
whi a State control, all milk and butter is sent by passenger train at goods rates, 
tad stock foods and manures are charged for conveyance at the lowest possible 
done} These facts are quoted with the object of showing that a great deal is 
Thear y the Danish Government in the interests of agriculture, which really 
in JUS the support of butter production, for practically speaking every farmer 
© country is a producer of butter. 
doveiq. tough the Danish system as it is conducted to-day had not been so fully 
and med on my first visit of investigation fourteen years ago, It was 11 force 
neg Ba a marked success, but at that time we had not a single dairy school in 
perk a we had no recognised system of butter-making, and not a single 
but who could answer certain questions, thoroughly understood in Denmark, 
ae e whieh T endeavoured to obtain replies. Three or four years later there 
Cheeg © one qualified person to be found for the position of teacher of Cheddar 
Sle aking during the summer season in Scotland, and for whom a liberal 
ra 
Nocigt Was otfered. I made the same remark in a report to the Highland 
Y of Scotland upon education in dairy farming in Europe and America in 
&8e¢¢ od, Roxana, by Acteon (14009); ¢ ¢ gg ¢ged, Rhoda, by Daedalus © 
b ‘nish dairy farming, if, indeed, it would not cover the entire grant made on: 
