The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
AMERICAN HOG
HAS REAL RIVAL
Denmark Enters the
Field as a Producer
and Exporter.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The Ameri-
can hog has European rival. Denmark
has come into the field as producer and
exporter of hogs and hog products, with
a growth at least interesting, If not sug-
gestive to American producers of a COM
modify whose export value grew from $S4,-
9OS 69S in 1891 to $l19,961 SOB in 1901. These
figures show the total value of hog prod
ucts exported from the United States in
1891 and 1901 respectively, the details for
1901 being: Lard, $46,560, l4S; bacon $37,-
499 026; hams, $22, ,S42, IT'S; salted and picked
pork So, ,926, ,633; fresh pork, 81, 424,5 and
canned pork, sos, 3S1
The fact that hog products form the
largest single item in the expectations of
the United States, having exceeded last
year by s., 900 900 those of manufactures of
iron and steel, whose exports have at
tracted so much attention, lends interest
to some facts which have just reached
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics regard
ing the remarkable development of the
hog-packing industry of Denmark This
head of swine in Denmark has increased
from 301. 900 in 1861 to 771O00 in 1881 and
/, ,16S, 900 in 1898, the latest year for which
statistics are availa BILE.
The prohibition of the Importation of
live hogs into Germany and the United
Kingdom, which countries were Den
marks principal customers in this line,
resulted in the establishment of slaugh-
ter-houseS in Denmark and the increase
in the production of Danish bacon and
hams in recent years have been phenome-
nal. The exports of hams and bacon from
Denmark have grown from 9120 900 Danish
pounds in 1878 to 129, 100000 Danish pounds
in 1885, the value increasing from 4,110 900
kroner in 1878 to 47,0S0,000 kroner in 1898,
the value of the kroner being 26.S cents.
AS consequence of the change from the
export of live swine to that of slaughtered
animals, the slaughterhouses have risen
to the greatest Importance In Denmark
| during the last len or fifteen wears WhiIe
formerly-the slaughter-houses belonged to
private individuals, a large number of
Joint and cooperative slaughter-hou
have been established during this period.
This movement commenced in 1887 on ac-
count of the German Importation prohibi-
ton, when it became necessary to kill a
considerable number of swine which were
formerly sent to Germany alive for sale
in England.
The number CT head of swine exported
to Germany in the year before the pro-
hibftton was enforced amounted to more
than a quarter of million, and thus
there was suddenly plenty of work for
several slaughter-houses. In 1887 one CO :
iished, in 1855 seven. and rapid iI pregrees rao
was made during the following years
with regard to establishing new slaugh-
ter-houses and to the quantity of bacon
There are now twenty-five cooperative
slaughter-houses in Denmark. which in
1899 killed about 72s,0OO head Of swine at
a value Of about $50 900, and about %, $50
head of cattle for export at a value of
about 900 kroner. The largest slaugh-
ter-houses killed from $4,000 to 81 900 pigs
in 1899 S and the smaller from 5000 to 10000.
stated as having been established, at a
cost of 3,543,000 kroner, and the number
of persons sharing in the profits of these
Adding 10 these the two largest those of
Odense and Holding. the first of which
cost 1,75O,000 kroner, besides tive smaller