American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
DAY AMONG DANISH FARMERS

Copenhagen, Denmark.-This is a
great farming country. Every square
foot of land is utilized. There is al
most no waste land. In America you
will find here and there a scientific
farmer. Here every farmer is a scien-
tiiic farmer. He knows farming, and,
thanks to cooperation. he knows mar
keting as well. Every COW is a good
COW, giving a good quantity of good
milk. Not only is the milk good when
it leaves the COW but if it goes to the
city it goes promptly and is still good
milk when it is delivered. If 1t is
made into butter it becomes good but
ter and reaches the consumer in the
best possible form. The pigs too are
high grade. AS they move to market
they appear to be all of uniform color,
size, shape, and quality, for each con-
forms to a type proved by experiment
tation to be the best for the purposes
to which they are devoted.
Every farmer analyses his soil, fer
tilizes his fields, and rotates his crops
according to the best principles of
soil conservation. In America you oc-
~casionally see such farming and such
farmers; here you see nothing else.
Medium Sized Farm.
What appears to be the home Of a
1 well-to-do farmer upon a medium
sized farm is our first point of at
tack.
We find the buildings including
dwelling, stables. granary. hay shed
and other o~utbuildings arranged
around a square court. All except the
dwelling house are rooted with thatch
which although it seems to be in good
condition the farmer assures US is
twenty years old. Everything ex-
hibits the utmost neatness. The sta
bles, poultry houses and pig shelters,
are all as clean as the nature of their
use permits. while the house itself is
Immaculate.
The former owner of the farm is
dead. The widow and children now
occupy the place. OF three son one
is in Copenhagen and is to leave the
farm permanently. He goes to the
city not because he wants 10 but be
cause there is no room for him upon
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to get more land-everybody wants to
keep all he has. The older son is to
nave the major part OF the farm turn
ing over 2 smaller portion to a young
ler brother. The mother Will continue
to live on the farm with the older son.
The farm is Lightweight acres in ex-
tent There are on it six horses. thir'
ty-hve cows, and sixty pigs. besides
the poultry. The farm with its stock
buildings. and equipment is worth
about s17.0 90.
Cooperative Bacon Factory.
The farmer is a member of a. CO
operative bacon factory. IN order &c
meet tho demands Of the market
which has been most carefully studied
he and the other members find i
necessary 10 breed a pig of a particu
lar type. Gle which Will produce goo6
bacon. All Of the members therefore
are raising a pig produced by crossin:
the English Yorkshire with the native
Danish breed. They have found als'
that the best bacon is obtained whel
the pigs are brought to market r o
twenty-five to tventy-eight weeks OLD
weighing beween $50 and 200 pounds
Careful experimentation has also dem
onstrated that = he hogs are maj
keted at this time the most bacon pc
food unit fed them is produced. Tn
pigs life is a busy life. They hay
only five to seven months to live an
must weigh at the end Of that tim
from $50 to POO pounds. The hog
are also bred for large filters sine
this is an important considerable
. ehen il becomes nece sary to rus
: the entire output Of hogs upon tn
market at an early age Experts sa
I that the pig so produced is ideal 10
the production Of bacon
Cooperative Creamery.
This farmer belongs to a co-oper'
tive dairy association which conduct
a SOME little distance ava
The members are mostly the small'
farmers. Each leaves his cans {
milk on the road to be gathered up
a collector hired by the associatio.
The collector when be returns II
cans brings back the skinned mil
The milk sem into the creamery
tested and the price depends altoget
or upon the butter fat contained