108 CO-OPEEATION IN DANISH AGKICULTURE 



number in Bornholm had actually increased. In other co- 

 operative undertaldngs, too, connected with the animal industry 

 the farmers of this little island in the Baltic have shown greater 

 keenness than their compatriots in other parts of Denmark,^ 

 but in no branch has their superiority manifested itself to the 

 same surprising extent as in their participation in Pig Breeding 

 Societies, which has not been without influence on the quahty 

 of the bacon from Bornholm. 



As was the case with the other similar co-operative societies, 

 it is by the farmers of the middle-sized holdings that the 

 greatest support has been given to co-operative pig breeding. 



There is only one Association of Pig Breeding Societies, 

 viz., an association formed in Funen in 1904 to further the 

 collaboration between Pig Breeding Societies, breeding centres, 

 and the Co-operative Bacon Factories in Funen. It comprises 

 5 societies, 14 centres, and the 4 co-operative bacon factories, 

 which latter bear most of the expenses. 



There have been several Sheep Breeding Societies, some 

 of which are still existing, and lately some Goat Breeding 

 Societies have been formed, all on co-operative lines, but their 

 importance does not seem to necessitate a full description of 

 them liere, particularly as they are constituted and act on 

 precisely the same lines as the other breeding societies men- 

 tioned in this and the foregoing chapters. 



1 This applies to their participation in co-operative dairy societies, bacon 

 factories, and egg collecting societies, and in breeding societies for horses and 

 cattle if measured by the number of animals. 



