Denmark Agriculture Commerce

■■ FOREWORD THE position of Denmark in agriculture and ship- ping is at present a matter of particular interest to the United States as well as to the countries of Europe. The urgent demand for foodstuffs from the nations which have been impoverished by the war and whose territory has been devastated by military operations must, until they can resume production, be supplied by the countries which have been more fortu- nate. Denmark’s contribution to the total amount of the world’s export of food was normally of much importance. The Great War, however, was far-reaching in its effects and, together with a large increase in the commercial activity of the nation, brought serious difficulty to its agricultural industry. In the present international situation, the progress which Denmark has made toward normal food production since the signing of the armistice and the position which her shipping has maintained in supplying at least a part of the demand for ocean tonnage are of unusual significance. The following study on this subject has been prepared by our Statistical Department. BROWN BROTHERS 8c CO. March, 1920.