The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-07
COOPERATIVE DIARIES.
How They Are Successfully Carried On In
Denmark.

How They Are Successfully Carried On In
Denmark.
The following account of peculiar
method of cooperative farming prac-
ticed in Denmark is made up of reports
of the English Foreign Office. The fol-
lowing are extracts from it:
The population Of Denmark is 2,OoO,-
900 and the number of cows is 900, 900
. proportion of cows to population un-
Imaginable in England, amounting to
nearly one to every other person. The
ows are, however, divided among $780,
700 owners, which is an average OF six
cows to each.
Denmark is distinguished by the pro-
duction of butter. In 1882 it produced
$4,000, 900 pounds, which by 1886 had
risen to 32,OOO.O0O. Last year (lS87)
the butter production had risen to A.
600. 600 pounds. This singular pros
perity in the manufacture is attributed
to the invention Of cream separators
and cooperation.
In 1880 many of the dairies were Or
ganized on the cooperative principle.
There are at present said to be about
200 dairies of this kind in Denmark,
using on the average the milk of 1000
to 5000 cows a day. Consul Inglis, in
his very practical report, gives the
cooperative rules of the Ousted dairy
as an example Of the arrangements.
First-A loan is established, for
which all are security-one for all and
all for each, in proportion to the num-
Der of COWS each have signed for.
Such loans amount TO $1,000 kroner
(about twenty-six cents), to be paid
back in twelve years. When the loan
is paid each member owns a proper
tionate share in the dairy.
Second-Should supplier of milk
die his account is settled, or a successor
can enter on the same terms as his
predecessor.
II q member wishes to withdraw be-
fore the expiration Of five years he
pays ten kroner per COW, and sacrifices
any further share in the dairy. II he
withdraws after five years his portion
is paid him, less one-half.
Each member pays an entrance fee
often kroner Cos. 1Od.) per cow, whose
milk he undertakes to supply.
Third-,The milk is collected at the
cost of the dairy. The carts drive only
along the highroads, and the milk must
be brought from byroads to meet the
carts.
Fourth-The milk must be delivered
in pure, unadulterated state, without
any disagreeable taste. The standard
of payment is that twenty-eight pounds
of milk shall make one pound Of sala'
BILE butter.
Fifth-The SKINNED and churned
milk is returned to the suppliers at q
small charge.
Sixth-Each supplier must keep hi.
milk cool when not fetched immediatel,
after milking. Two measures mus
not be mixed together before both arr
properly cooled. The milking must b.
done with dry hands. The COWS uddel
must be carefully wiped, and the mill
at once strained and not left standing
in the cow-sheds. Milking pals mus
be kept quite clean. No mustines
must be found during milking time.
Seventh-Winter feeding must con
sist of one to two pounds of linseet
cake and at least three pounds Of bral
and oats to each cow daily. Should ,
change of feeding be necessary the di
rectors of the dairy have power t.
| order it. No turnip or carrot stalk
must be used, neither seeds from rye
| peas or vetches.
Eighth-FOur times a year the di
| rectors shall witness feeding an,
milking Of the cows. Blesting mus
not be delivered the first four day
after calving. Milk from sick COW
must not be delivered. In doubtful
cases the veterinary surgeon must b
called in.
Ninth-In the event Of inspection
the veterinary surgeon must be con
suited.
Tenth Milk that is sour Or has
bad taste, or which is received in can
not properly cleaned, the dairyuan ha
| power to reject.
| Eleventh-The general meeting gov
erns. Each shareholder has one vot
without regard to the number Of hi
! cows. Women are allowed to vot
when responsible shareholders,