30 AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION 



The period for which, in practice, the loans are granted 

 to the societies ranges from ten to twenty-two years ; but 

 mention is made of one small co-operative vine-growing 

 society in the department of Var which obtained in 1909 

 an advance of 16,400 francs (656) for a period of fifteen 

 years, and made so good a profit out of the high price of 

 wine in 1910 that it was then able to repay the entire loan 

 at once. 



Agricultural insurance societies have greatly increased in 

 number in France. In 1897 there were not more than 

 1,483 in the country, and of these about one-half, of a 

 rudimentary type, were in the single department of the 

 Landes. In 1910 there was a total of 10,731 societies, 

 divided as follows : Cattle insurance, 8,428 ; agricultural 

 fire insurance, 2,187 ; insurance against hail, 25 ; insu- 

 rance against agricultural accidents, 7 ; cattle re-insurance, 

 58 ; fire re-insurance, 26. 



Syndicates for live-stock improvement, to which the 

 Government have made a grant of 8,000, are also being 

 considerably extended. 



The grand total of agricultural associations of all types, 

 co-operative and non-co-operative, in France, according to 

 the latest available returns, is 38,369. 



DENMARK. 



The general position in Denmark is indicated by the 

 following details in regard to the leading organisations in 

 1909 : 



CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES NUMBER. MEMBERS. 



Dairies .. I > 1 57 157,000 



Bacon factories 34 95, 



Purchase of requirements 15 65,000 



Export of cattle 8,400 



Export of eggs 52,000 



Horse-breeding 270 21,500 



Cattle-breeding 1,260 31,300 



Pig-breeding 253 6,430 



Sheep-breeding 102 850 



Control societies siy 12,000 



Totai 



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449,480 



