eQ CO-OPEKATION IN DANISH AGEICULTUKE 



holdings, and were considerably smaller in the two last groups 

 containing the large holdings ; while the percentage of *' co- 

 operative " pigs was in every group considerably larger than 

 the corresponding percentage of " co-operative " holdings, 

 and most so for the smallest and the largest holdings. This 

 means, that of the breeders of pigs those who had large herds 

 of pigs were in all groups the staunchest supporters of co-opera- 

 tive slaughter-houses, while with regard to co-operative dairies 

 the co-operators' herds were of average size for the group, or 

 even smaller than the average as regards the groups of the 

 smallest and largest holdings. 



The co-operative slaughter-houses gradually increased in 

 number, and at the same time in size, while the private slaughter- 

 houses lost ground. The average killing per slaughter-house 

 per year increased, in the case of the co-operative slaughter- 

 houses,! from 33,000 in 1905 to 48,400 in 1913, while in the case 

 of the private slaughter-houses it decreased from 23,000 in 1905 

 to 18,800 in 1913. 



The following table ^ shows the total killings in the co- 

 operative factories, and, for later years, also in the private 

 factories, and shows the great importance, both absolutely and 

 relatively, of this branch of co-operative work : — 



^ Two co-operative slaughter-houses killing only or mostly large cattle have 

 been omitted. Several of the other co-operative bacon factories also slaughter 

 cattle, and in a few of them co-operators are bound to send their cattle as well 

 as their pigs. 



2 From 1907 and onwards based on the reports of the Government veterinary 

 inspectors. 



