The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-04

high school and agricultural cc,Ios
Ono has put TO travel through the ru
raj sections OF Denmark to satisfy
himself that the outcome OF this
process OF education is a finished
product OF extremely high efficiency.
The State and the Farmer.
The Danish government Is not chary
In the aid which II extends to the farm
or. The aid, however. is always ex.
tended upon the fundamental theory
that the best way to help the farmer
Is TO help him to help himself. Pos
sibly In no other way has the govern.
ment 80 greatly furthered the inter.
ests OF agriculture as In assisting in
the acquisition by each farmer OF the
soil which he tills. Thanks TO the
Joint activities OF the government and
the cooperative credit societies, IL Is
easy TO buy a farm In Denmark.
II the would.be buyer has forty per
cent or the price to be paid for the
farm and all its equipment he may
apply TO a credit society for n loan OF
sixty per cent OF the value, the loan
to run for from forty.1ve TO seventy
nino years. Each year the farmer pays
from four TO six per cent OF the prin.
cipal amount borrowed. This, how
ever. Is o wholly interest, but In.
cludes n small installment OF principal,
80 that at the end OF the period for
which the money was borrowed not
only has the interest been kept up. but
the principal has been automatically
discharged.
There are. however. other forms OF
loans even mor advantageous to the
borrower. particularly II no be one OF
the poorer farm laborers. II such a
laborer Is anxious to become a land.
owner on n small scale he may under
certain conditions. procure n loan for
n~ine-tenths OF the purchase price OF
the farm and equipment. The condi.
tons which he must meet are: lie
must have been n farm laborer for
fve years (the law applies TO women
on tho farm as well as mem: the
land must not exceed ten acres In ex.
tent, nor s2.l40 In value; he must
WIN ~ ih ~ C't'lililI HluIUfT,
and must agree to follow n proper ro
tation OF crops and, by tho use OF
manuros and otherwise, insure tho
continued productivencss OF the land.
For the first five years the laborer
pays three per cent interest and moth.
ing upon tho principal. After that he
begins TO add a 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 bencvo.
lent legislation Il makes their ~organiza-
ton and operation possible; IL assists
In supervision and inspection. and In
some cases II advances TO tho coop.
crative society the funds ont OF which
the loans are made. There are In
Denmark about half n million families,
including those In cities and villages.
Cooperative credit societies have n
membership Of over two hundred thou.
snnd-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. II Is because II Is so easy TO buy
land In Denmark that tho 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. 50 that
1t IL impossible to import or export
or sell II under any false representa-.
tiol that II Is butter. II has regulated
tho quality Of butter and has forbidden
the export OF butter containing more
than sixteen per cen water. OF butter
for the preservation of which anything
other than CONNER 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 has been ~pasteuri2ed: II must
have been made In an inspected dairy;
II must have upon II the Danish label
guaranteeing It's quality.
The sanitary condition In the cream.
cries. the method OF packing. and tho
process OF the sale OF butter. are thor
oughly controlled by government au.
thority. II any dairy which has been
authorized by the government TO 5
n 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 n declaration and
be properly registered.
Cooperation Chief Factor.
Those familiar with the conditions
In Denmark concede that the educa.
ton OF the farmer has contributed