The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-01-15

| for not obeying the laws of the orga-
nizations. The power of these coop
erative creameries to shut out men
not abiding by agreement seems to
be the keynote of their success. These
creameries stand together, and not
alone, for the purpose of keeping up
the standard; and they do this by
handling the export trade carefully.
They have markets and keep men sta
toned at them These men work af-
ter very much the same plan as Mr..
Paulhamus described as being used by
the fruit men. They aim to keep the
standard high. In 1900, in Paris. these
associated creameries succeed In car
rying off practically all the prizes be-
cause they stood together. Previous
TO 1880 Denmark did not amount to
much in the butter trade, but now II
controls the butter trade OF the contl-
nent In 1881 the number OF their
cows was $4,000 and in 1900 1t had
reached 100000. The export of but
ter in 1887 was 100000 pounds and
in 1900 it was 100 100000 pounds.
The latest obtainable figures show
about 1900 creameries, 1900 of which
are cooperative and 800 are propri-
etary. Denmark has more cooperative
creameries than any like area In the
world. 1t is about one-fourth the size
of Iowa. but it's farmers are producing
annually 230O0O,000 pounds of butter
as compared with 1879 100000 made in
Iowa. Denmark's butter goes ch1ehy
to England. To be more SPECIFIC, SIX
seventies of it's production is sold IN
that country. The farmers get from
20 to 30 cents for such OF their Dutter
as passes inspection. This is done
to protect the dairy industry and TO
maintain the established reputation
of Danish butter. Here is a curious
thing. While Denmark makes so much
butter they use very little of it them
selves. Instead of eating butter on
their bread they use oleomargarlne'
The annual consumption OF oleomar-
garine at present is no less than eight
cen and one-half pounds per capita
The Danes are a pretty thrifty people
TO export their butter and eat oleo.
passed many butter stores in Scot
land and England last summer ana
without exception it was always Dan
ish butter. The price was usually 20
or 26 cents
The system of cooperation as car
ried on is wider even than | stated.
Those in control can purchase 1eed.
A man is not allowed to feed injurious
feed stuffs. This seems to me gooo
plan. Why not buy feed cooperative
ly. as we'll as sell together? the
creamery men advise the dairymen
what is wisest to do. II COW Is sick
they advise. They study the growing
crops and enforce their power by nnes.
The government helps by maintaining
INSPECTORS who go around and bring
facts before the people. These in
spectors are also maintained in Eng
land. All butter passes two inspec-
tions-one at home and one abroad.
Holland is next in cooperative en-
terprise. You know it is a cheese
country instead of a butter country
Co-operation is limited to cheese. They
have copied from Denmark. Their
first cooperative organization was IN
1896. some years after Denmark began
work. Their second was small es'
Establishment in Friesland in 1900. me
proyince now has forty-five factories
and they have extended over all OF
Netherlands. They put out an enor-
nous export trade under trade marx
and this seems to me valuable and
wise thing to do. The trade marx
cannot be copied.
In passing, I might say that I Wis.
tied some of these factories and could
see that they were controlled on
strict basis. I found this difficulty:
Cheese had been made for two hun
dred years in Holland, and being
slow moving race, cooperation had
met with opposition, but in the mar
kets, the production of small produc-
ers did not seem to have the favor