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safeguard against drought, yet we fail to realize its saving 

 power. More than all do we lose because of failure to syste- 

 matize our work, or by reason of clinging to old-time 

 methods and practices obsolete under present existing con- 

 ditions. All these problems are in our hands to be corrected, 

 in harmony with the demands of 1912, and by correcting 

 these our share in the consumer's dollar will increase because 

 cost of production has been reduced. It is 1912 which con- 

 fronts us, and what was good enough for our fathers is not 

 good enough for us. What was good enough in 1911 is not 

 enough. It is time we faced forward, towards the hills 

 whence cometh our strength, got out of the ruts, got away 

 from all bad practices and started right for future results. 



England, the United States and the rest of the world 

 should turn to Denmark as an object lesson. Denmark can 

 teach the whole world the benefits of co-operation, and the 

 value of scientific education as applied to land. It is a 

 small country, and some time back it was confronted with 

 an agricultural crisis which would have been fatal had it 

 not been met in the right way. Then was evolved and sub- 

 sequently perfected a great co-operative system, under which 

 Denmark attained a remarkable prosperity, considering its 

 size and climate. One has but to look at its exports of agri- 

 cultural products — eggs, butter, bacon, pork, etc. — to real- 

 ize this. It is pre-eminently a country of the small man. 

 There are only a few more than 800 holdings of over 540 

 acres each as against 116,000 odd holdings of 71/4 acres or 

 under each. 



There is at Freehold, 'N. J., a marked illustration of what 

 practical co-operation will do, the business the past year 

 amounting to $1,499,500, all this upon a capital stock of 

 $74,285, representing 1,049 members, the shares having a 

 par value of $5. Twenty-five loading stations are operated, 

 all controlled by the head office through telephonic commu- 

 nication. 



We have in Maine a marked illustration in the Houlton 

 grange store, established in 1895 simply for the purchase of 

 fertilizer^ grain and groceries by the members. In 1900 the 

 store was kept open every Saturday afternoon. It had goods 



