The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-05-30
pAlRYINo IN DENMARK.
Land Worked for Hundreds of Years
Still Beats Ours.

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That AEsrican farmers and promoters
'f agricultural industries are rather
laz in grasping their opportunities, and
are in danger of being outgeneraled in
the markets Of the world, unless they
improve their methods, is the belief Of
Dean James E. Russell, Of Columbia
University, New York. Dean Russell
was recently visitor at the state col.
lege, and during his stay there adj
dressed an assembly Of the teachers Of
the Inland Empire, who were attending
the teachers institute in Pullman. Rela-
tive to the problems just mentioned, he
ssid:
Thirty years ago New York was
sending butter and cheese to the Lon.
don markets. New York butter and
cheese were ruling out similar products
from Ontario, and other parts Of the
world. Just thirty years ago Denmark
began to think she could make butter
and put it in the London market. The
question was, How could she overcome
the lead that New York already had in
the London markets. She sent men to
London to study out the ground; to find
what London wanted. Then she set
about to give them the required product
Denmark is a country Of poor soil,
which has been titled and overworked
for thousand years. Nevertheless, the
Danish population annually sells in the
markets Of London S35, 000,0O0 worth
Of butter In 1908 the entire United
States exported only sl,064 900 worth
Of butter. In addition TO the vast auan-
tity of butter mentioned, Denmark
sends out one-hfth as much pork as we
do. and just as many horses; and GER
tainly, we should lead the world in the
breeding Of horses. In the meantime
the Danish nation has taught the hens
how to work. Four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars worth Of eggs were ex-
ported by this country in 1878, and in
1908 this export had reached value
of 5000 ,000 In the last ten years
Denmark has taken 100000 worth OF
corn from Iowa and Nebraska, via New
York, which she has fed to Danish cows
and pigs, and then placed the latter in
the European markets in successful
competition with similar products from
America.
81 said a moment ago that twenty
years ago the competitor Of Denmark
was the State of New York. In thess
twenty years the Danish people have
increased their exports from 81 900 .0OC
to S40,O00,O00 In the same twenty
years farm values in the State Of New
York have decreased 5000 100000. II
the last fifteen years Ontario has outbiJ
New York in the same way in tn,
cheese market Twenty years ago New
York companies received Canadian
cheese and put the New York stamp OF
it to get one cent more in the English
market. Today the New York farmer
are sending their cheese over the Cana
dian boundaries, and paving two cent
per pound in order to sell it at ALL
Showing the superiority Of European
methods of education in comparison
with American education, Dean Russell
said:
Wurtemburg is small German
state. a little larger than the Inlani
Empire Of Eastern Washington, an'
having a population Of about two mil
lion persons. Thirty years ago Wur
temburg began to realize that her POT
ulstion was beginning to dwindle; tina
something had to be done to maintai
her integrity as a state. So she Sc
about building up a system of school
. for all the people; that would help tn
boy who wished to be a carpenter.
plumber, or a farmer, in the same de
gree, according to his needs, as the
would assist the youth who desired I
= be a lawyer, an engineer, or a ply
sicisn. Today Wurtemburg has a un
versity giving courses Of world-wid
fame; technical schools. weaving an
= manufacturing schools; two hundred an
: thirty industrial schools in towns an
] villages; schools for metal workers, an
! workers in the textile trades; schools O
art, Of agriculture, Of preparation 70
2 household management; and numerou
e farm schools, and high schools through
out the state.
; Wurtemburc state but littl
larger than the Inland Empire Of Eas
e ern Washington, supports all these II
situations, with an income of ten dollar
r per head Of population. What woul
American citizens think, if in additio
e to supporting agricultural colleges, the
5 were asked to support FIVE hundre
t technical and industrial schools Il
a every two million of populations Tn
is what is being done in the small stat
!, of Wurtemburg, and from the point {
: view Of American citizens today, it
almost inconeeivable; the contemplate
Il Of which must lead any American cit
g zen to infer that his country has muC
c to do and learn before it can success
fully compete with the old country
the products of industrial education