The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-13
xe~ YORK Journal o. Commerce.

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r-ha sale OF % Deeves IN England at a
...ss more than cents a pound. live
..Tvhf or very close 20 $50 a head, quite
s..rttes Secretary Morton for saying that
!. wouN pay Americans 70 produce for ex-
.rr. the things that people abroad wish
= n buy. The Polled Angus cattle Ia this
s--trfsla- shipment were in the greatest
,~s.4sf and easily sold for 800. the Here
sa~ss came next and the Durhams ranked
i.s.. but there could have been no great
J-erence between them. for the average
srscs per hea3 WASHES. The fact that THIS
=, Of cattle weighed an averages o. 1850
,sasuGs. and not one was lost on the voy-
are and the lot arrived in better condition
.aan they left this country, shows thar
sAa animals were carefully selected and
xsrs wei cared for on the voyage and
.a.s Intelligence and painstaklng evidently
sase II American horses suitable for ON
s,us work will readily command $50 in
liverpool and England, f. is quite prer1a-
tgrs 70 say that the trolley car ana the
hrycle have driven the horse out Of bust
ssss ard breeding him no longer pays OF
course al horses Will not bring $50 in
rugJsh cities, but at that price Il will nav
or American farms 70 raise the kind OF
horses THAT Is desired.
The secretary Of agriculture refers again
q the competition Of American and Dan
sss bacon Ia England. The bacon sent 20
England from this country brought IN
ts4 over 81. 009, 90. at the price OF Danish
tscon Il would have brought over 50. GOO
V Bacon as well adapted 20 the British
.zste as the Danish can be cured here IL
re farmers and packers Will take the
,asns 70 do e. The difference between
rrs per ewf.. the price OF American bacon,
saE ,lG1s, the price OF Danish bacon, is
rsary all a net profit. for II would cost
r..e more. possibly not any more 70 make
eur bacon as popular in England as the
Danish
il s absurd that American butter should
q 70 England IN very szal quantities
saa at very moderate prices. while Den
nzrk Is sea3ng England enormous guam
titles that bring high prices. and its only
serious competitor IS Australasia. whose
butter has 20 traverse the tropics and
make the passage OF the Red Sea. But the
people OF Denmark have taken pains 10
fad out what can be sod IN England and
cher foreign markets. and they have ap-
Piled themselves with great energy and
high intelligence 20 the task OF producing
those things. This has not been the work
o. the government or the commercial class
e more than IL has been the work OF the
peasantry themselves. who have shown an
enterprise and a business capacity that
psf the American farmer TO shame.
Here the farmers over the greater part
price OF wheat which became marked and
permanent some fifteen years ago. but they
80 on raising wheat just the same. and a
good many OF them think that IL they cut
the dollar In two they would get twice as
much per bushel for their wheat. II is
claimed IN behalf Of the Danish peasantry,
snd the claim seems pretty well made ont.
that they are the only agriculturists who,
about 1850, revolut!onlZed their business TO
meet the altered condition of the world.
Wheat had fallen permanently on account
o. the extension OF It's culture into new
countries with plenty OF cheap soil and
because the difference between the cost
a. carrying wheat 20 market from near
and from remote countries had been in
great part CELEBRATED. These facts were
recognized by the farmers OF Denmark,
who abandoned wheat raising and went in
for dairy farming
They went into II. too. on scientific prin-
eipies. In the past Ave or six years 395
cattle breeding societies have sprung up IN
Jufland alone. and they control now more
than two-thirds Of the stock OF the king
CON. The number Of cattle has been in-
creased by careful breeding. and the far
Haers cooperate i'm measures to suppress
cattle disease. while American farmers
generally rebel at efforts 10 suppress cat
lie disease. and some OF them will sell the
mix and flesh OF diseased animals without
eenpunction.
The water system I'm daIries gave way
q the Ice system. and that 20 the centri-
fagal system: but the butter OF the small
farmers remained much inferior 10 that
a the great farmers. because they could
not afford good facilities for making and
handling butter. Ten years ago the peas
ants began the organization OF cooperative
steam dairy farming. The peasants who de-
liver the milk are Joint owners Of the dairy
arH shssxs .
prescribed system. we lately printed
some extracts from an article in an En-
Fish review in which the extreme care
snd neatness OF these cooperative diaries
was commented on In terms OF enthusi-
assn. This little kingdom, a speck on the
map OF Europe. now contains about 900
steam diaries owned comparatively by the
PEASANTS. 800 owned by individuals other
than farmers and 80 OF these dairies on
The great estates. The smallest farmer
Tow makes as good butter and gets as
food a price for IL as the greatest one. for
every achievement OF science and of in
easify Is az the service OF the owner OF
eozsn cows. as we'll as at that OF the own
" o. hundreds. Twenty-Five wears ago the
,otai export OF butter from Denmark was
sm hundredweight: last year England
Alone took from Denmark 1loe.sas hun
eFedweight. Danish butter has been drlv-
Eg other butter ont OF the English market
where Il brings about the same price as
tss best homemade article. About 80 OF
re cooperative dairies have formed a
fUer export company for the purpose OF
h'pping direct &c England. with the pur-
fese OF opening places for the sale OF but
VI and saving for the Danish peasantry
ne profit of one niddleman.
five years ngo Denmark was exporting
I'VE hogs 70 Germany. This business was
1oEen III by the trichinae scare. and at
wee the Danes set 10 producing bacon for
Ve English market. Already they send
1oFe bacon 10 England than any other
Iee9'e DO except Americans. and their
pSeon has the proportions OF fat and lean
- ne qualities Or curing which make 10
specially liked IN England. ana u brings
.o'ot 30 per cent. higher price than ours.
.eamark also exports horses and cattle.
- even the United States buys Vege-
nhlss o. her
haNe great advantages over many
tleF parts 90 tbe world in the raising 90
sses, cattle. swine, sheep ana the pro
s-sloa OF butter and cheese and preserved
sat@ Il g our business 70 find o1t what
.sNe NIL buy and then 70 apply our
60 With scientific knowledge and bust
a. agactty u the production OF that
- EN-tfov. Hoard. OF Wisconsin. saws
=" ne price % the butter OF his state
q few years risen from IS 70 -
- ~ improving the stock and the
~eAAeos or production.
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