Evening star., 1923-02-18


like the good servants in the parable
Of the talents, have taken what the
Master has given them and, by
brains, industry and business eff
cheney, have multiplied it many fold
They have thrown of the shackles
Of the MOBILES reduced the great es-
tates to small holdings and, by scien-
tihc farming and stock raising, have
made every one Of their 100000
farms produce exports which equal
$50 a month all the year thravgh.
This is so, although more than half
of the farms average only thirteen
acres apiece. The land not only sup
ports tho farmers themselves and
gives the country it's food, but If
yields also exports equal to SIT per
annum for every farm acre.
This the Danes have done by team
work. in which the whole nation has
gone into the harness and labored
together. They have studied their
land and the markets and raised
only the things they could produce
at a profit. When Denmark found that
her soil and limited area were such
that she could not compete with the
United States and other lands in the
production Of oats wheat. rye. barley
and such crops. she did not sit down
and whine and ask other countries
to help her. but only buckIed in her
waist belt to make her stomach the
smaller counted her assets and fig
ured out what she could do. She did
1p&a arf-T =,
her by protective tariffs, but every
one did his part. and all worked to-
gethe- She had several great thing
ers among her people. and with them
in time she planned out a. sche emo OF
agricultural production that has
made tho whole country rich. She
looked at her location. 1t was Just
across tho North sea from London,
the biggest city on earth. and from
Great Britain, full OF factory work
ers who for years have been spoon
fed by outsiders. II was just over
the border from Germany, with its
vast standing army. that needed
horsos. and its many industrial labor
ers, who were consuming far more
meat and other foodstuffs than tAc
German farms could supply.
r :: !; Y
nENMARK studied the wants Of
~ these neighbors. She enriched
tho soil with the graz brain matter
In the heads Of her farmers and de-
cidod she could mako a living in
supplying Great Britain with bacon
and butter and eggs and Germany
with cattle and horses. She at once
sent out commissions TO those ano
other countries TO study the markets
and the methods of raising these ar
ticles, and at tho same time bega.
to reorganize tho country on the
new basis The commissions report
I'd that England was getting these
supplies largely from Ireland. They
looked into the Irish product and
suggested new methods, with the re-
suit that in a short time the Danes
were producing better bacon, better
butter and better eggs than the
Irish. II vas the same with the
German and other markets all over
the world. Tho result is that Den
mark. IN proportion 10 her size and
population. is now selling more and
better bacon, butter and eggs than
any other country. Within less than
generation she has Increased her
annual exports of farm products from
a value OF about s25.O00,000 to one
Of more than $3.50. .0oo.0 900. and in 1920
she shipped TO England alone s5s.-
100000 worth OF butter, s3s.oo0,o0o
worth Of bacon and sS6.ooo,O00
worth of eggs. TIE proof of the en-
cellence OF any article is in the sell
ing. and these figures show the char
acter Of the products of Denmark.
! have not yet tried the bacon,
although ! have visited the piggeries
and slaughter houses where II is
killed. but I eat great gobs Of the
butter for my first breakfast each
morning, and the two eggs 1 order are
SO big they make a full meal. They
are almost as big around as tennis
balls and warranted fresh from
pedigreed hens. This Is the first
country I have visited in my tour
where l have been given enough but
ter to supply the appetite OF the
udiilicSt <iHitEtdu GlTl. nero III
Europe the hotels serve ones first
meal in his bedroom. This consists
of a little pot Of coffee and some
bread and butter. with eggs upon
order for an extra charge. In Paris
my butter consisted of three or
four shavings no bigger than the
corkscrew curls with which some of
our bellies adorn their foreheads; or
instead as many balls Of butter. each
as big as the end of my middle finger
1t was the same In Brussels, and in
Berlin, the butter balls were limited
TO three. This, II must be remember
ed, was at the high-priced hotels
where ones room and meals cost as
much as IN the first class hotels of
New York.
They do II far better in Denmark
How Denmark has accomplished these
wonders, by means of cooperative
societies, In which all the farmers
take part. I shall describe in my
letter that follows
Carpenters World. Travels. Copyrighted, w..
by Frank G. Carpenter.)
The Biggest Snake.