DAIRYING IN DENMARK. HOW IT STRUCK A COLONIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 7054, 25 October 1900, Page 2

DAIRYING IN DENMARK. HOW IT STRUCK A COLONIAL.

[by f. w. wjlkib.] In viewing Denmark from geographical point of view, one i apt to enquire how it is possible for country of such small area and foi bidding climate to hold such an in portant position in the world as producer of dairy produce. This ii however, to some extent, explained i passing through the large stretches i fertile land which is kept under a stat of extreme cultivation, and still furthc when you note the great care an attention that is everywhere pi forth in the endeavor to produc a first-class article of dairy product One of the first things that strikes th visitor is to notice the cattle, horses, an even sheep stretching out in well define rows across the fields, it being th custom of the Danes to picket th animals on the pastures during th summer months, shifting them few feet further on to the clover cad day ; this makes fencing unnecessary and you may travel for miles withoii seeing a fence. The cows are usual! milked by the women as they stand ii the field, and the milk gathered in ani conveyed to the creameries, or dairies a they call them. The system of dea] ing with the milk after it reache the creameries is very similar to tha adopted by tbe dairying people of Nev Zealand. Indeed, we have, I consider very little to learn from the Danes ii the factory system of butter-mating There is one question, however, ti which they give pre-eminence, and ii which there seems little unanimity o opinion in tbe colonies. I refer to thi system of pasteurization, This has been enforced by the Government, anc has now become universal in Denmark At present many of the English buyers are very much < averse to whal they term the burnt milk flavor lr Danish butter, whilst the Danish experts contend that the consumer has become so used to animal flavour and impurities in butter that he cannot appreciate the purified article just at once, but requires educating to it. Having had, however, considerable opportunity of sampling butter of all ages and makes, I am convinced of this, that butter made from carefully pasteurised cream will stand the test of a long sea carriage, and appear in tbe English market in better condition, than that made from unpasteurised cream, in consequence making it a question of considerable importance to colonial exporters. The trials made by some of our butter makers of sending samples of pasteurised and unpasteurised butter into the Government graders, and then comparing the points, is not conclusive, as tbe keeping powers of the butter could only be rightly tested after it had undergone the test of time and travel ; therefore any reliable test would require to be made at the other side. In comparing New Zealand and Denmark as competitors in the English market, the most obvious advantage held by the latter lies in the fact that whereas Danish butter arrives in the market four or five days old, the New Zealand article must be at least seven or eight weeks old before it arrives at the same destination, hence the necessity of taking every precaution to provide against deterioration. In the bacon-curing industry the Danish people are rather ahead of us. On this matter I may have something to say later on. MANY LIVES LOST. In almost every neighbourhood there is some one whose life has been sa?ed by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medicine Such persons make a point of telling of it whenever opportunity offers, hoping that it may be the means of saving other lives For sale at Hawera General Store.— Advt. Everybody ought to know that Messrs Rardley and Sons have on view' the largest and best selection of cooking ranges in the district, including among others Barningham'p and Shacklook's, makes of high and low pressure, suitable for brick chimneys or open kitobens at Dunedin prices. — Advt FISHING SEASON I ! F. J. Wrigjey is now landing for this season, imported direct from beat makers i Bplendid assortment of wooden and steel •ods, split cane rods, Bristol steel rods, peenheart, lancewood and hickory rods at ill prices from 10s 6d to £3. Steel teleicopio rods a speciality. A completely tew stook of casts, traces, lines, flies, ninnows, nets, gaffs, etc., etc,, to select roin. Several speoial new flies and ninnows that all fishermen should inspect. Ashing licenses iß3ued. F. J. Wrigley, lawera.— Advt. In an advertisement on third page it will c seen extensive preparations are being lade for the summer trade. Fresh arrivals f «am n f\A * J L L l. mi