Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-10-30


and love Of their own nation and their
Town soil. II Denmark was o resume
its place among the nations, IS pee
pie must learn 10 hold II dearer shAa
any spot on earth. Bishop Grundtws,
IN his wisdom, believed that trust Il
God and n one another and belief q
their own proweas, would, II they
worked tcsgther, solve the problem
THAT faced the country. lie founded
bis hope on education and cultivation
Of thepeople, and to that end he start.
ed d high school.
A high school In Denmark % 10:
what Is known ss q high school IN our
country. II Is d school into which ID
children or very young people are adj
nitted. It's pupils are men and women
from the age Of eighteen 70 sixty
years, Of even beyond, and every far.
nher'e son and daughter Ia Denmark
considers II Il 4 great loss Il he 81
she does not spend at least one session
I'm q high school The poor and the
lrieh alike pay the same small Zee
1 There are lectures on every interest
Ing subject. Bishop 6rundtvig made
lreligieu and nationality the basic sub
ieeig of the school, but he never allow
led them % dominate BE teaching to
| the detrlment Or tie secular studies.
/ There Ia typical high school near
1.-The old town Of RoskiIde During the
summer the school Is open for women,
during the winter for men. Every hour
has rs own special duty, but tho note
n nationality and of patriotic unity
Il always present III the days work.
The Danes look forward 10 a season
on two ut che high school MS many.
Americans look forward TO a trip to
Europe; and the effect Of this systeni,
for which Bishop Grundtyig worked
50 we'll, has been thnt IN Denmark d
general method of teamwork has been
created that has saved Che country
from economic destruction.
Az there are no mines in Denmark,
and very little water power to attract
misunderstanding Industries, the coun-
try could exist only BY agriculture IS
1864 there wan very little money III,
The country. Even the great proprie-
tors could 40 little niofe than make al
living from their exhausted soil. They
saw at once that the hope for the
prosperity Of their country lay IN.
daIryinel The small farmer, having
little or no capital, could DO very IT.
Tie for himself. He conid not borrow,
for bis exhausted soil was not attrhc
tive 10 lenders a security When
things were IN that condition, tho
forces that Grundtvig had set In MOI
ton began to work. The farmers be-
gan u lose their distrust 81 each
other Gradually The spirit of indi-|
vidualiam was suhdued and the Dam
ieh farmer began to sec clearly that
teamwork was the force that could
free him from poverty,
ii 1882 the first cooperative dairy
was opened N Jueand. It had become
evident to the Danes that to live com
fortably they must not only make
the soil yield abundantly, but they
also must use the produce IN the most
profitable manner The soil itself. too,
must be remsde, and lntensively cuItl-
waited. II the small farmer who had
little or no capital acted individually,
he would have 70 be a salesman Is
weh as farmer and he could not hope
to shoulder the burdens Of the two oe-
cupationa with entire efficiency. Co
operation would enable him 70 receive
weekly payment for the necessnrEes
he furnished. and thus, 10 use an apt
phrase, he would always have ''aomo-
thing to 20 on,
Each member Of a Danish co-opera-
tive dairy society has one vote, but ne
i obliged "a contract to furnish to the
dairy q certain amount of milk every
week. Every day the agents Of the
iaiey appear IL his farm, take the
product 81 his cows, and return thol
skim milk to him, Thns his cows not
onlg produce butter, but they are the
means q feeding the pigs on hia farm.
n order 20 establish i cooperative
LARRY, the farmers q q district meet
md agree to borrow the necessary
iApltal from q savings bank each
nember makes himself responsible 20
loraing . the number Of cows he
,wnk The association agrees 70 pay
II thls loan. within ten q fifteen
gesrb. AZ Ire end 81 that time, newt /,
Dan e arranged and divided amcng
he. members, IN proportion 70 the
uansIty a milk each member sends
: The dairy.
ne cooperative dairy farmer not !
My resolves The price q his milk |
ach wesk. but hs Is entitled 10 s pro- !.