Denmark Agriculture Commerce

milk was quickly instituted and each farmer was made re- sponsible for the quality of the milk that he furnished the dairy. The profits made by the society were paid to the members in proportion to the amount of milk which they supplied. The results were so favorable that other societies for various purposes were developed on a similar plan and the system gained favor rapidly throughout the entire country. The export of food products rose from $53,716,900 in 1895 to $148,442,520 in 1913. As an indication of the transforma- tion which took place during this period, Denmark changed from a grain exporting nation to an importer of grain and corn. The cooperative idea has been developed and extended so that it now applies to societies not merely for practically every branch of agricultural industry but for the export of farm products and the import of necessities. The Cooperative System developed the agriculture of Denmark on the lines of organized industry. It has been further extended in recent years by coordinating the sepa- rate societies by means of the Central Cooperative Com- Royal Theatre, Copenhagen 19