238 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. If the average production of 'butter in the United States was 

 155 pounds in 1900, how many times greater was the production of the 

 cow yielding 1,111 pounds of butter than that of the average cow? 



2. One of the 'best yields was 27,432 pounds of milk from one cow; 

 how many times greater is this than the average production per cow in 

 the United States in 1870? 



A Lesson From Denmark. 



"Denmark is about one-fourth the size of Wisconsin. Much 

 of it was formerly a bleak waste of sand-dune. Only the eastern 

 part of the country and the neighboring islands were considered 

 fit for agriculture. In addition to its poverty in natural resources, 

 the country was further impoverished by the Napoleonic wars in 

 the early part of the nineteenth century. In the second half of 

 the nineteenth century Schleswig-Holstein was taken by the Ger- 

 mans. Practically all of its commerce was gone. The peasant 

 farmers were in a most pitiful condition. Yet today, less than a 

 century later, this same Denmark is, in proportion to its popula- 

 tion, the wealthiest country in Europe." 



"Denmark is essentially an agricultural country. It has an 

 area of about 10,000,000 acres. More than $90,000,000 worth 

 of butter, eggs and meats are exported by the farmers of Den- 

 mark annually. In 1896 the Danes had $208,000,000 in savings 

 banks. Eighty-nine families out of every hundred own their 

 own farms and houses. This mall amount of tenancy is due to 

 the fact that land holdings can be easily acquired." Report of 

 Wisconsin State Board of Public Affairs. 



The secret of Denmark's success lies in the following four 

 basic principles : 



1. Land is easily obtained for actual workers. 



2. The farmers of Denmark are said to be the most thoroughly 

 organized in the world. 



3. They study, buy, sell, slaughter and market their stock and their 

 meats co-operatively. 



4. They have vocational schools for the training of children in the 

 industries of their country. 



5. The course of study is prepared to suit the vocation to be fol- 

 lowed by the individual. 



