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Show DENMARK'S COW-TESTING CLUBS The co-operative cow testing associations asso-ciations of Denmark have rapidly increased in-creased to about 600 associations. A man Is employed by each association to visit the farms and do tho testing every three weeks. He weighs tho milk and keeps an accurate record of tho feed consumed, so the net proilt per year of each individual cow can bo ascertained. Two Copenhagen milk companies handle over 100,000 pounds of milk a day, all of which 13 produced under veterinary Inspection and in accordance accord-ance with strict rules laid down by the company. Inspectors sec that every producer lives up to thc3e rules, which require cleanliness at every step. As soon as drawn, the milk must be cooled and kept below 50 . degrees Fahrenheit; the slightest off flavor may cause tho bottling plant to refuse the milk. Then It is pasteurizod at ISO degrees, de-grees, cooled to below 60 degrees and put Into small-nocked bottles sealed with corks or expanded pulp covers. Milk sold In bulk Is sent out in large sealed cans from which, it may be drawn only thru a faucet, over which must appear a statement of its quality. In this way skim, one-half skim, wholo mlk and cream may be put out by the same wagon at prices varying according to the quality without danger dan-ger of the purchaser being dofrauded. All this milk Is of the same high sanitary standard. Thirty pounds of ice must bo provided for every eleven gallons of milk produced. There are 1100 co-operative and 300 private creameries In Denmark. These manufacture over 200,000,000 pounds of butter a year, eighty percent of which is exported to Great Britain. In summer the milk is delivered twice a day and ln winter once. Stringent rules arc laid down in regard to cooling the milk on the farm and in not mixing morning's and night's milk. All foods which may impart an objectionable flavor to the milk aro forbidden. The creameries are compelled by law to pasteurize all skim milk by heating to 180 degrees before it leaves the creamery, to prevent the spread of tuberculosis thru this medium. |