The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-28

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the principal has been automatically
discharged.
There are. however, other forms OF
loans even more advantageous to the
borrower, particularly If he be one of
the poorer farm laborers. Il such a
laboyer is anxious to become a land.
owner on small scale he may under
certain conditions, procure a loan for
nine-tenths Of the purchase price OF
the farm and equipment. The condi-
tions which he must meet are: He
must have been farm laborer for
five years (the law applies to women
on the farm as well as men); the
land must not exceed ten acres in ex-
tent, nor $2,140 in value; he must
work the farm in a scientific manner,
and must agree to follow a proper ro-
tation Of crops and, By the use Of
nanures and otherwise, insure the
continued productiyeness Of the land.
For the first five years the laborer
pays three per cent interest and moth
ing upon the principal. After that he
begins to add small percentage upon
the principal in order to discharge his
debt At no time, however, does the
total annual payment for principal and
interest exceed four per cent Of the
amount borrowed.
The government is back Of these CO.
operative credit societies. BY beneyo-
lent legislation it makes their organiza-
ton and operation possible; it assists
in supervision and inspection, and in
some cases f advances to the COOP
eratiYe society the funds out Of which
the loans are made. There are in
Denmark about half e million families,
including those in cities and villages.
Cooperative credit societies have a
membership Of over two hundred thou
sand-that is to say, two out Of every
five families in the entire country
seem to be represented in these CO.
operative credit organizations. In
fact, it is because it is so easy to buy
land in Denmark that the tenant is
disappearing and the small land owner
is taking his place.
Other Government Assistance.
The government has also enacted
much other legislation calculated to
serve the interests Of the farmer. It
has regulated carefully the manu-
facture and sale of margarine, so that
it is impossible to import or export
1 or sell it under any false representa-
ton that it is butter. It has regulated
the quality of butter and has forbidden
the export Of butter containing more
than sixteen per cent water, Of butter
for the preservation Of which anything
other than common salt is used, OF
butter colored with any substance de
rived from coal tar. All butter must
! have been made from milk or cream
which fas been pasteurized; it must
have been made in an inspected dairy;
it must have upon it the Danish label
guaranteeing its quality.
The sanitary condition in the cream
cries, the method Of packing. AID the
process OF the sale of butter, are thor
oughly controlled by government au'
thority. If any dairy which has been
authorized by the government to use
a Danish label for its product violates
any regulation or law the minister OF
agriculture has the right to take away,
either temporarily or permanently
the authorization to use the national
trade mark. Butter from foreign
lands must not be marked in any way
to imply that it has been made IN
Denmark, and those wishing to import
butter must make a declaration ano
be properly registered.
Cooperation Chief Factor.
Those familiar with the conditions
in Denmark concede that the educa'
tion of the farmer has contributed
largely to the success of Danish agrl'
culture. Every loyal Dane is prore
of the government which has seen the
great Importance Of furthering the IN
terests of the farmer by every means
within it's power But no one VINO
knows, ever for minute concelVes
that Denmark could have taken hef
present position as produced OF the
worlds best farm products, without co,
operative organization. 1t is because
of cooperation that it pays to farm
scientifically. The production Of the
highest grades of farm products Is
made worth while because co-operatloh
enables the farmer to take these high
grade products to the profitable, IN eS'
haustible, and discriminating markets
of the world. 1t is cooperation tna'
has resulted in better farming, better
business, better living. Cooperation
has kept the farmers sons and daugh'
ters upon the land and has stopped the
rl,sh to the city. Cooperation, in fact
dominates the economic life nj the
eatire nation.