HOLIDAYS 



Mr. Price was armed with an introduction to the 

 Minister of Agriculture for Denmark which enabled 

 us when in Copenhagen to accept the honour of 

 meeting him. It was from him that we gathered 

 the information that Denmark was in a very bad 

 way with her agriculture at the close of the nine- 

 teenth century and that the bacon industry dated its 

 birth from those depressing times. We might well 

 ask ourselves the question, Does this not coincide 

 with the expansion of milk production in our own 

 country ? I am well assured that we farmers in 

 this country had the choice of seats in the English 

 market at a time when both countries were seeking 

 a solution to the troubles of a passing age. 



What an exciting journey we had when passing 

 from Sweden to Germany ! You entrain at Malmo 

 in Sweden, get into your sleeping-bunks and wake 

 up and find yourself in Germany, or I should say 

 you could if you felt sleepy. You could very well 

 imagine the regular traveller doing this, but not so 

 those who were anxious to see and to experience 

 scenes of a lifetime. What really happens is that 

 the whole train is ferried over during the night and 

 the passengers have an opportunity to explore both 

 the train and the boat. You can either drink in the 

 bar of the boat or dine in the car of your train. 



Berlin in the days of 1929 was a city of quiet 

 orderly enjoyment ; two days spent here were full of 

 pleasing interest and apparently no one was dream- 

 ing of Hitler's disturbing influence which was soon 

 to overtake the city. 



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