Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-07

An idiot. can read and write. Ihe /
methods By which they have achieved
their present prosperity are three;
Education-practical education -
perfect system OF cooperation, and
the intelligent assistance of govern
ment.
For instance, the oply means OF liY-
Ing which the Danes have is agricul-
ture. Denmark, like Julius Caesars
Gaul OF ancient days, is divided into
three parts-butter, bacon and eggs.
Now. the government, being depen-
dent upon the farmers, does every
thing in its power to increase the
number Of small farmers, and this
II has done by making money as
cheap as possible for the farmers 1t
controls a great series Of banks man
aged somewhat after the manner OF
the Credit Foncier.
An agricultural laborer In Den
mark who has worked on a farm Tor
five years, who is poor, and who has
a character so good that two reput-
able members of his commune Will
certify to It, may obtain from one
Of these banks a loan of about ST.
.572 in our money. He obtains this
solely on his character and ability
and not by any material security he
can offer. with this money he may
purchase farm of from IL to II
acres. This farm means live and
dead stock on the land and the
necessary implements for the work
ing Of 1t. The amount loaned by the
bank covers probably>nine-tenths OF
the value OF the farm-not OF the
land. because land in Denmark Is
never sold merely as land. The farm
is Judged by the value Of its produc-
ton for, let us say, at least seven
wears In hard corn, which represents
its ability to sustain dairy cattle and
hogs. This is an example Of the way
In which the Danish government en-
courages the multiplication of small
farms.
Today the Danish farmer buys
nothing individually. He uses no
seeds till they have been tested by
the experts furnished by the coop
eratiye society. He buys his fer
tilIzers, soya beans from Manchuria,
cotton and meal from the United
States, through the cooperative So
ciety. He never kills his own hogs
though there are 500 hogs to every
I 900 persons in Denmark, but sends
them to the cooperative bacon fac
tories, which we're founded some
time in the sos when Germany re-
fused the Danish hog because OF an
outbreak of swine fever. The Danes
instantly founded, with the assist
ance of the government, large coop
erative bacon factories. In order t'
make dairylng possible the Danes
had to regenerate the land exhaust
ed by the lack OF scientific treat
ment
Being an educated man, he wa
an open-minded man and he induced
his government to furnish scientih
experts who could finally answer an,
question he might ask. As an eX
ample. let us take the small farme
with three COWS, three hogs, fou
head Of small cattle and horse o
two He farms perhaps y acres
Now. IL is a question with him as {
the rotation of his crops 1t is ques
tion ms 10 the amount of butter ia
that COW should produce He has
through the cooperative society tn
use of scientific expert, who visit
q his farm every is days and answer
all the questions after consultatio
with him Furthermore 4o keeI
r a duplicate set of books for the farm
cr so that the farmer knows exact
the amount of butter fat each co
Yields every week, when the COW
- are expected to calye the value
b the service of every bull in use, an
In exact position of the farmer ec
nomlcally and aariculturally F'
this service the farmer pays the e
pert 80 cents yearly per cow Il
VI government paying the rest of Il
/. experts salary the expert being a
II ltached to the Royal Danish Co-ops
n atIye society.