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was applied to curing and marketing until the entire agricultural fabric has assumed great 

 strength. Commencing with the breeding stock it extends through the rearing of the pigs, 

 the curing of the bacon and the securing of full market values in Great Britain. The work 

 all through is conducted with energy and intelligence. Harmony apparently prevails all 

 along the way with the result that the whole work is constructive. Things that are useless 

 are lopped off, those of doubtful value eliminated or improved, while all that is good is cul- 

 tivated and encouraged. The Danish official is apparently never satisfied with present con- 

 ditions. To press forward has been his motto from the first and his ambition has not been 

 dulled. 



Constantly growing revenue from the hog has been a strong incentive to the man on 

 the farm. In planning his rotation the Danish farmer remembers the pigs and grows 

 what will best suit that branch of his operations. He has skim milk and has studied its 

 value in pork production. He has learned the correct quantity to feed for best results 

 for pigs of different ages. He combines his foods and prepares them to reap the last cent 

 of profit. Through the co-operative curing organization he pays an expert to look after 

 the convertion of his pigs into bacon and of bacon into money. He pays for having these 

 things done, he does not worry about them but devotes his energies to cheap production 

 of the class of pig that brings him the most money. The bacon industry of Denmark 

 might be compared to a well conducted departmental store having a competent manager 

 in charge of each department. The success of each branch is the success of the store which 

 in the case in question is the Danish swine rearing industry. 



