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and by a single cross produce a superior animal. This method will be used until the 

 Danish domestic breed will entirely satisfy the producer as well as the market. Accord- 

 ing to law of May 23, 1902, diplomas are given as a mark of distinction by the com- 

 mittee of judges. The Department of Agriculture, upon recommendation, will grant 

 financial aid to the various breeding centres. To obtain a diploma and a goyernment 

 grant the animals in the respective breeding centres must be under the control of the 

 committee of an agricultural society for one year and consist of at least one boar and 

 three sows. 



(3) The United Danish Co-operative Pork-killing Establishment. — This body com- 

 prises 33 establishments and its objects are to guard their interests with regard to the 

 regulations put in force by the Government as to transportation and the export of the 

 products, also to make an effort to better the quality of Danish bacon. 



The representatives consist of three members for each establishment and meets 

 once a year, in the month of March, when a general meeting takes place. The annual 

 expenses are levied on the various establishments according to the number of animals 

 killed, and amounts to from one-quarter to one-half cent per pig, in all about $4,000. 



(4) The United Pig Breeding centres and societies in Jutland. — The object is to 

 work in a general way for the promotion of pig breeding. Any member of the follow- 

 ing bodies may become members: — The Agricultural Judging Committee for pig 

 breeding centres, owners of centres under control and representatives of pig breeding 

 societies. A meeting of "delegates is held once a year, when questions of general in- 

 terest are discussed. The society embraces fifty pig breeding centres and forty pig 

 breeding societies. The annual fees are about one dollar per centre and fifty cents 

 per society. 



(5) The co-operative management of pig breeding societies and pig breeding 

 centres in the province of Fyen. — The object of this body is to promote the develop- 

 ment of pig breeding, pig breeding societies and pig breeding centres. Any owner of 

 recognized breeding centres may take part. Each breeding society is represented by 

 one member. The annual meeting is held in the month of December or January. 



The co-operative management consists of forty-one pig breeding centres. The 

 annual expenses are levied equally according to the number of sows. 



(6) Co-operative slaughter houses. — The slaughter houses are usually owned by 

 the shareholders. They elect the executive committee, from which the president and 

 vice-president are chosen. The work is under the direction of a manager, who must 

 report to the executive committee. The annual surplus is divided among the share- 

 holders according to the number of pounds delivered (killed pigs). The number of co- 

 operative slaughter houses are thirty-six (36). with about ninety-five thousand (95,- 

 000) shareholders. In addition there are twenty-four (24) private slaughter houses, 

 making the total number of slaughter houses sixty (60). 



Feeding Experiment Stations. 



It is not enough that the stock kept at the breeding centres be themselves good 

 individuals and the sows regular breeders and good sucklers. Sows are valued on all 

 these points, but unless their offspring fatten profitably and yield carcases suitable for 

 the British market they are condemned as unworthy of a place among the matrons 

 of a recognized breeding farm. To aid in the effort to bring pig breeding into a more 

 rational channel, and, at the same time, endeavour to produce bacon up to the standard 

 of the British market, feeding experiments were undertaken in the year 1899. To this 

 end feeding stations have been established in each of the provinces of Denmark. The 

 Commission visited one of the stations to which was attached an extensive and well 

 equipped piggery. Pigs of the domestic breed, the Yorkshire, and first crosses from 

 Yorkshire boars are fed to ascertain conclusively which of the three reach the slaughter 

 house weight in the shortest time, and when killed, produce the most valuable car- 

 casses for the export bacon trade. The experimental animals are, in the case of pure 

 breds, secured from the breeding centres. To secure the stock a committee of three 

 go among the centres and select the produce of such sows as they may decide upon. 



