Denmark Agriculture Commerce

cow amounted in nor- mal times to 6,400 pounds. This com- pares with a record of 3,700 pounds in the United States. Denmark’s position in the meat industry was nearly as impor- tant as its suprem- acy in butter. In 1912, according to of- ficial statistics, Den- mark ranked in world importance second only to the United States in the value of her exports of animal food prod- ucts. Shipment to foreign countries in A busy spol in Copenhagen's financial district 1913 of such commodities, consisting chiefly of bacon and pork, amounted to 188,878 tons valued at $50,783,000. This was equal to more than one-third the value of all the meat products exported from the United States in the same year. In addition, Denmark far surpassed the United States in the export of live animals which, including horses, in 1913 amounted in value to more than $18,400,000. Ihe country also had a large foreign trade in eggs and various other pro- visions which brought the amount of her export business in 1913 from foodstuffs alone to approximately $148,442,520. This gave Denmark rank at that time as one of the principal food exporting nations in the world. Markets for Danish Food Products Denmark normally shipped more than one-half of her total exports to Great Britain although profitable trade relations 6