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stamps. The cost of collecting, forwarding, grading, testing and 

 packing for export is about Id. per dozen, and prices are quoted 

 free on board. 



As in our country the winter price differs very much from the 

 summer price. In winter the price is as high as Is. 6d. per 

 dozen, and in summer as low as 8d. per dozen. Very few eggs, 

 however, are collected in winter, as the Danes do not seem to 

 make a special point of this, so a fair average price for the year 

 is 9d. to lOd. per dozen. There is a very considerable trade done 



AT THE E(;0 EXPORT SOCIETY: COPENHA(;KN 



in preserved eggs. At the time of our visit the Danish Co-operative 

 Egg Export Association had nearly 2,000,000 eggs stored in large 

 cement tanks and preserved with lime and one or two other secret 

 ingredients. 



Entirely apart from this Association, but working harmoniously 

 with it, are three societies whose chief aims are the improvement 

 and advancement of poultry culture in every way. These societies, 

 by means of official papers, keep the farmers alive to what is going 

 on in other countries, and are in many ways of great educational 

 value. One society, called the Danish Poultry Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, has been established twenty-five years and has a membership 

 of ()000. The membership fee is 2s. 3d. annually, and this entitles 

 members to a fortnightly paper devoted entirely to poultry matters, 

 also to the advice and assistance of an expert on all matters relating 

 to poultry. In connexion with this Association are eight centres, 

 with a paid assistant in charge, where experiments with various 

 pure breeds are conducted to ascertain the best layers, and from 

 which members can have eggs for hatching at 2s. per dozen, and 



