7G CO-OPEEATION IN DANISH AGRICULTURE . 



eggs, and this induced many Danish egg producers all over 

 the country to join the Society. Danish eggs were the only 

 agricultural export from Denmark which during these years 

 did not fall in price. 



The turnover of the Society, expressed in tons of eggs, has 

 been as follows : — 



It will be seen that the trade of the Society grew by leaps 

 and bounds till it had reached 4000 tons or about 600,000 

 great hundreds, and that after this it increased only slowly. 

 This is to a great extent due to the above-mentioned fact that 

 the reform in the egg trade had an effect far beyond the sphere 

 of the Society itself. As other egg exporters and producers 

 by competition were forced to reaUse that it was the best policy 

 to deal in and export only fresh eggs, and as it became necessary 

 to pay to all producers the real price for fresh eggs, the induce- 

 ment to join the D.A.CE. was lessened. But the effect of the 

 reform on the trade of the whole country can be seen clearly 

 from a statement of the average annual quantities and values 

 of eggs exported from Denmark. The export has been almost 

 exclusively to the United Kingdom. 



Export of Eggs from Denmark to U.K. 

 Annual Averages 



A complete list of the quantities and values of eggs exported 

 from Denmark during the years before and after 1895, shows 

 very clearly how slowly the trade developed before the year 

 1895, and how quickly after that year. The trade increased 



