AARHUS AND A PIG FARM 



Between Fredericia and Aarhus, a journey of two 

 and a half hours in what is called a fast train, the 

 country seems extremely well farmed, and for Den- 

 mark quite hilly. Indeed to the eye, except for the 

 absence of fences, it much resembles some parts of 

 England. Many of the cattle are of the black-and- 

 white Jutland breed, and the fact that even in the 

 early autumn they were clothed in canvas jackets, 

 showed that here the climate was growing colder. 



Aarhus is a fine and prosperous seaport, with a 

 population of about 35,000. It boasts a beautiful 

 cathedral with many monuments, an excellent museum, 

 and a library remarkable for its quaint internal archi- 

 tecture, whence books are sent out free of postage 

 to any one in Denmark. All these institutions and 

 others I saw under the kind guidance of Mr. Holm, 

 the head of the Tourist Union in that city. 



In Aarhus I visited the local branch of the Com- 

 bined Societies of the Danish Co-operative Unions. 

 Mr. Brask, the manager, informed me that although 

 now anybody can belong to it, the capital of this 

 institution was provided in the first instance by 

 shareholders who were farmers. Or, rather, it was 

 guaranteed, since the members only pay an entrance 

 fee of 5s. 6d., which is refunded to them out of 

 profits. The original working capital of ^11 00 was 

 borrowed about five-and-twenty years ago. Since 



that date the business has increased to a remarkable 



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