34 CO-OPEEATION IN DANISH AGEICULTURE 



Average Yield in Bushels per Acre. 



Wheat ... 

 Rye 



Barley . . . 

 Oats, white 



1885-89. I 1890-94, 



35-9 

 24-4 

 28-1 

 34 



36-5 

 25-5 



29-8 

 32-6 



The change in the character of the export and import, 

 consisting in a rapid increase of the export of animal produce 

 concurrently with a reduced export of corn which soon became 

 a net import, is shown in the following table giving values, 

 in £1000, of the average yearly net export :— ^ 



The change from corn growing to dairy farming created the 

 conditions for an agricultural industry in connection with ivhich 

 the co-operative movemeni found new scope for development and 

 blossomed forth in co-operative dairies, slaughter-houses, 

 societies for buying and selHng, and so forth. This change 

 and the new development also influenced the character of the 

 farmer ; he became more intelhgent, with a wider outlook, 

 with a better knowledge of his profession. The slow and dull- 

 witted peasant, with his stubborn adherence to traditional 

 methods, gradually disappeared. 



The branch, of animal industry which was first developed 

 was butter and cheese making. Although butter and cheese 

 had been made to some extent from very ancient times they 

 had not been produced in large quantities. As late as the end 

 of the seventeenth century butter and cheese for the army 



* See Appendix II., Table 12. 



