Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-20
DENMARK.

There are about 100000 acres of
tillable land in Denmark, mostly cut
up in small farms, of which those of
between 80 and 40 acres predominant.
Now the farmers have cooperative
creameries i'm all districts and but
ter producing has become a great
industry. About So per cent of the
small farms and their cattle are affil-
lated with the cooperative cream
cries and about the same percentage
of cattle is registered under this CO.
operative movement. The 200 cream
cries Of Denmark are centrally located
at railway stations and the co-opera-
tors or owners elect a head and choose
a manager Denmark has 100000
mich cows. The co-operators employ
trained man to travel from farm
to farm and test the milk and find
out the per cent of fat and suggest
changes Of breed TO lncrease the fat
contents. For the purchase of good
bulls there are associations known
as cattle breeding unions There are
almost 1000 Of these with more than
100000 cows. The government con-
tributed $4,000 in 1915 to this assoc
citation. There are half a dozen butt
ter export unions and butter. worth
S12,000,000, was exported through
them In 1914. Danish butter is sold
on the English market under a stand
ardized mark. THE hur mark" which
is protected by law. and II a Danish
creamery does not conform with the
standard prescribed by the state the
right to carry the mark upon its but
ter is taken away There is also 40
cooperative slaughterhouses to which
142.O00 farmers belong in Denmark
today. The government spends annu-
ally $4,000 for meat inspection. Four
teen cooperative Danish slaughter
houses own the Danish Bacon COM
pany Of London, and In 1915. $4,000
pigs were sold by this firm for $780,
100000. Denmark's egg output is
largely In the hands Of the Danish Co
operative egg export and of slaughter
houses. 1t is required by law to have
the date of laying Of the egg stamped
on each egg, together with the name
Of the egg producer. Ten million dol
lars worth of eggs were exported in
1915. The trust formed this year to
control the importation of fertilizing
agents was quickly and effectively
killed by the Danish Cooperative
Manure society, to which 90 per cent
of the Danish farmers belong.
So much fresh FISH was taken to
Lemvlg a few days ago that 1t was i'm
possible to pack 1t all down iOc ship
ping. Some OF II was taken TO neigh
boring Gowns. But that did not Inn
prove the situation much. for a regu-
lar ice famine was on. Norway is
supposed to be a dependable source,
bot even this failed To show the
anomaly of the situation II may be
mentioned that some ice WIS shipped
In from Hamburg. the greet CONNER
cinl mart of northern Germany.
The government hired experts TO
study the coal problem in the Farce
islands, but the result was unsatisfae-
toy. The best coal mines are in
sudero, but they are so poor that it
will not pay to develop the mines
for shipping beyond the neighborhood.
The farmers in the vicinity of Aars
are complaining bitterly about the
damage done by foxes. II has hap
pened that "A fox would come in the
middle of the day and help himself
to half a dozen chickens. and this IS
rather expensive fox-feed. The right
to hunt in that part Of the country
belongs to the county OF Lindenborg,
and In former years a regular fox
hurt took place once year But the
foxes have been neglected on account
of the war, and now they are becom-
ing regular pests.
In resolutions adopted the legisla-
ture at st. Thomas, ID. W. l., urged |
the Danish government to sell the |
Danish West Indies to the United |
States as speedily as possible to end |
present uncertainty. The resolutions
which were adopted unanimously. |
were cabled to the finance minister Of
Denmark at Copenhagen. i
Many farmers in the country around
Skoybo have succeeded In keeping
down the fly pest in their barns by
leaving the windows open so that
swallows can build ness In the barns.
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