POSITION OF DANISH AGRICULTURE 175 



what it consumes at home, Denmark, according to the 

 Danish Export Review \ sent away in the year 1908 

 agricultural produce to the value of ^20,956,550, 

 nearly all of it to the United Kingdom. This it 

 was able to do in spite of the comparative density 

 of its population, namely 174 per square mile, which, 

 although it cannot compare with that of England with 

 its vast cities, 1 considerably exceeds that of Scotland 

 (135 per square mile), and even that of Ireland (144 

 per square mile). To be more precise, the value 

 of the butter, bacon, and eggs imported into these 

 islands from Denmark in 1908 amounted to about 

 ^18,500,000 an enormous total, that for a long while 

 past has been steadily rising year by year. Whether 

 it has yet attained its maximum I cannot say. 



As against this volume of exports, however, there is 

 a large importation of food-stuffs, &c, as the following 

 table of the foreign trade of Denmark in 1908 will 

 show. I would call special attention to the amount 

 spent by Denmark under the heading of " Fodder, 

 cake, seed " : 



Foreign Trade of Denmark in 1908 



1 I understand that the rural as distinguished from the town popula- 

 tion of Denmark is twice as numerous per square mile as that of England. 

 This seems to suggest that the actual land is supporting twice as many 

 people. H. R. H. 



