Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-11

growing especially in the egg depart
ment.
Other egg societies at Odeuse and
Hasloy were visited. The latter though
only established two years. has already
a membership Of $50 farmers and has a
rapidly Increasing trade The estimat-
cd cost Of collecting, forwarding TO CEN
trail depot, grading, testing, and pack
ing FOR export Is about cents per
dozen. The egg societies are growing
more rapidly than either the butter or
bacon societies, but II must be remen-
hered that the former are only IN their
infancy
The bacon factory at Hasley has a
membership Of 500 farmers who sup.
piled 1900 hogs last year. II has been
established eight years. That at Odense
has n membership OF 5000 farmers
who last year supplied 10000 hogs from
oil over the Isle OF Fyen, At the ell
trance TO the factory are posted the
days prices for first, second and third
quality hogs, 80 that any one can see
current quotations or n farmer can by
telephone ascertain the current price,
and then decide whether he win send
IN his hogs or not
COOPERATION.
All these societies are purely cooper
alive The farmers I'm district meet
together 20 establish a cooperative
society 10 deal with their produce
milk, hogs and eggs, Each one under
takes to supply the factory with q
certain amount Of produce, A dairy
| has TO be built and machinery bought
No prospectus is issued, nor are there
any shareholders. How, then, Is the
money raised? Each farmer signs q
| document by which he Ia held respon'
| slble not for a part Of the money that
I must be borrowed but for all, Say
| for Example, that $4,000 has to be rails.
| ed for cost of building, plant, etc, anc
| that 200 farm ers become members o.
| the society Every one Of the 200 signI
! his responsibility for the $4,000 81
! that II the 100 can not meet their Ia
! billties the remaining one Is bound 10
! the loan. Actual experience however
! proves that in Denmark no risk what
| ever Is attached to this, Armed VIII
| such q bond there Is not the sllghtes
| difficulty In borrowing the money at
| low rate Of interest Banks or lodi
| companies are only too glad 10 lend OF
such a security. The dairy Is thei
built and equipped, chairman an'
| small committee Of management ap
| pointed, their pay being prdctlcallA
! nothing. these ia turn appoint skill
/ cd manager the milk is delivered a
! the dairy, made into butter, ana either
sold by the dairy direct to England. o.
| II the dairy Is too small II afflllates u
self TO larger dairy, and 20 the pro
duce Is disposed Of
The price to be paid for milk, hog
and eggs Is settled by the weekly quo
| tctlons for butter bacon and eggs Il
! Copenhagen or London, certain mar
GIN being left TO" working expenses. A
| tho end Of the year the balance shee
! Is made out, all expenses paid, includ
| ing interest on loan and depreciation
| and the balance Is distributed as bonus
| TO each farmer IN accordance with tho
amount Of produce he has sent,
Bacon factories are established In th'
same way. The Egg society Is The
| simplest aud least costly Of all and II
| often worked as q branch Of the Ba'
| son or Butter society.
The farmers of England, Russia
Canada, and other countries are study
! ing these cooperative methods Of the
Danish farmers in order to Introduce
them elsewhere. II might be we'll foi
, American farmers 10 take tho sam,
! trouble.