THE SUCCESSFUL DANES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 88, 12 April 1912, Page 7

THE SUCCESSFUL DANES.

In Denmark, the home of the small farmer, where co-operative methods in the production and marketing of rural products have attained ivondvide notice, the poultry industry is considered one of the most profitable side lines. There, with few exceptions, all the poultry are raised in conjunction with dairying. The breeding of stock" birds is left to a comparative few breeders who are judiciously encouraged by the Government, but the assistance thus given is less prized for its monetary value than for the status

and vogue which it brings to the | roduce of the recipient. A'o '.onus is given except to farms win'"'] become breeding centres, and vo secure a bonus a farm must show :i profit on its working. This is a practical proviso of first-rjite importance. Then the owner must also agree to breed as he is directed by the Government expert; must keap his place open to inspection; keep careful records of the pedigree and performance of every hen; and he must also engage to sell eggs for hatching at not more than 2d each, nor must he charge more than -is each for cockerels or pullets sold to other breeders for breeding purposes. On its part the Government gives the owner a small bonus in money and also supplies him with fresh stock free of cost. Of course his chief gain consists in the recognition given to his management and to the quality of his poultry, whilst the Government's action helps to secure for the industry as a national asset quality in the poultry and progress in the production of eggs. Such is the example which Denmark sets, and such are the means whereby that small country makes about £3,000,000 a year by its trade in eggs.