Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-05

Ell who has had his common school /
trimming. with all its contact with the J
realities or lie, and Who has learned
in three years apprenticeship how 20
farm has an opportunity 70 learn how
20 be a citizen and patriot hut h.
has not yet completed hts school work
Upon the farm he has learned how 20
do things Tie has yet 10 learn why
So he goes 10 an agricultural college
and learns the theoretical and scien
tihc Why which Is back Of the prac
teal how. This Is the stery Of Den
marks farmer in the making. through
common school. apprenticeship, folk
high school and agricultural college
One has put to travel through the ru-
raj sections Of Denmark to satisfy |
himself that the outcome OF this /
process OF education is ipIshed /
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
err The aid, however. is always ex.
tended upon the fundamental theory
that the best way TO help the farmer
is to help him 20 help himself Pos.
sthly in no other way has the govern,
ment so greatly furthered the inter
ests OF agriculture as In assisting In
the acquisition by each farmer of the
soil which he tills. Thanks 20 the
Joint activities OF the government and
the cooperative credit societies. IL is
easy TO buy farm In Denmark.
II the would-be buyer has forty per
cent OF the price to be paid for the
farm and all It's equipment no may
apply to credit society for loan OF
sixty per cent Of the value. the loan
to run for from forty.five TO seventy.
nine years, Each year the farmer pays
from four to six per cent OF the prin-
cipal amount borrowed This, how.
ever ia not wholly interest. but In
cludes q small installment OF principal.
so 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 more advantageous TO the
!. borrower, particularly II he be one OF
) the poorer farm lahorera. II such
! laborer Is anxious TO become a land
i owner on a small scale he may under
I certain conditions. procure loan for
t nine-tenths Of the purchase price OF
/. the farm and equipment The condl.
$ lions which he must meet are; lie
i must have been a farm laborer for
e five years (the law applies 20 women
e on the farm as we'll as menl; the
i land must not exceed ten acres In ex,
T, tent. nor $2.l40 In value he must
e work the farm In scientific manner,
l, and must agree TO follow proper TO.
|. tation or crops and by the use OF
Z manures and otherwise insure the
e continued productlveness OF the land
G For the FIRST 1--WE yenrs the laborer
J. pays three per cent interest and moth
8 ing upon the principal After that be
n begins TO add a small percentage upon
g. the principal IN order TO discharge his
debt At no time, however, does the
.e total annual payment for principal anc
y. interest exceed four per cent OF the
C. amount borrowed.
n The government Is back OF these co
le operative credit societies by benevo
lent legislation IT makes their organi2a
tion and operation possible. II assist
r. In supervision and inspection. and II
G. some cases II advances to the coop
In erative society the funds out of which
m the loans arc made, There are II
II Denmark about half million families
ne including those in cities and villages
ne Cooperative credit societies have
pG
IL sand-that is to say. two out Of ever.
n Ave families In the entire eountr
ne seem to be represented In these CO
en- operative credit organizations Il
IT. fact. II is because It ~ so easy To bu
nd land In Denmark that the tenant
ne disappearing and the small land owne
10 Ii taking his place
'r other Government Assistance.
= The government has also enaeto
~ much other legislation calculated t
serve the interests OF the farmer
has regulated carefully the mani
et' facture and sale OF margarine. so thi
M II is impossible 10 import or expo
Gu or sell II under any false REPRESENT
" ton that It is butter II has regulate
.ro the quality OF butter and has forbidde
an the export OF butter containing MOI
err than sixteen per cent water. of butt
VI for the preservation OF which anythir
~ other than common salt n used,
70 butter colored with any substance d
a. rived from coal tar. AL butter mu
ics have been made from milk OF crna
my which has been pasteurized, II mu
ny have been made In an inspected dalr!
az II must have upon II the Danish lab
my guaranteeing It's quality.
=" The sanitary condition in the ereai
cries. the method Of packing. and q
o process of the sale Of butter. are tho
oughly controlled by government a
thority II any dairy which has be-
~. authorized by the government to u
10 a Danish label for it's product yiolat
any regulation or Law the minister
agriculture has the right TO take avs
either temporarily or permanent
~ the authorization TO use the nation
trade mark Butter from forei
~" lands must not be raarked IN any W
~. TO imply that It has been made
ens Denmark, and those Wishing to imp'
ss butter must make q declaration a
be properly registered
- ro-0nera4lon Chief Factor.