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Somewhat less than half the number of holdings, repre- 

 senting, however, close upon two-thirds of the number of pigs, 

 were attached to the co-operative factories. 



From the year 1914 the official information ^ available is 

 to the effect that the number of holdings with pigs increased 

 to 208,000, of which 11 1,000, or about 53 per cent., were attached 

 to co-operative factories. In the co-operative paper, Andels- 

 hladet, it is stated that the number of co-operators in 1915 

 increased to about 141,300, or close upon 70 per cent, of the 

 number of owners of pigs. 



The inquiry in 1909 also showed, for each group of holdings 

 arranged according to size, what percentage of the total number 

 of holdings in each group was attached to a co-operative factory, 

 and the percentage of pigs, out of the total number of pigs kept 

 on holdings of the group, so attached. 



If this table is compared with the corresponding one showing 

 the participation in the co-operative dairies (p. 42), it appears 

 that of the very small holdings fewer took part in co-operative 

 bacon factories than in co-operative dairies, which is to some 

 extent explained by the fact that the number of pigs on these 

 very small holdings of less than 1-| acre is so small that there is 

 seldom more than sufficient for the owner's own use. As 

 already mentioned it is the holdings of between 37 and 147 

 acres that form the main support of the co-operative bacon 

 factories. There is a very marked difference between the 

 tables for slaughter-houses and for dairies in this respect, that 

 the percentages of '' co-operative " cows in a group were seldom 

 larger, but often smaller than the percentages of " co-operative " 



1 statist. Eftcrretningcr, 1915. No. 10. 



