Denmark Agriculture Commerce

nation remarkably well in the difficult situation in which the war placed her. At the present time, with the pressing de- mand for foodstuffs, the country is resuming its former trade. In this, Denmark has been handicapped probably more by adverse rates of foreign exchange than by the loss of livestock due to the war. The fact that the Danish farmer , is compelled to pay the high premium on exchange in addi- tion to the increased cost of oil cakes, corn and fertilizers must serve in some degree at least to limit production unless goods can be disposed of at high prices. However, accord- ing to official reports for the first nine months of 1919, Den- mark exported $83,501,028 worth of food products in addi- 14