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Jutland farmer or peasant proprietor, he graduated at the 

 Koyal Agricultural College in Copenhagen. At the age of 

 twenty-six he was elected chairman of the local agricultural 

 society, and took part as such in the annual meetings of the 

 Associated Jutland Societies, where he soon made his mark. 

 He was mainly responsible for the formation of the Danish 

 Dairies' Butter Mark Society, the Jutland Co-operative Society 

 for the Purchase of Feeding-stuffs, the Danish Co-operative 

 Dairy Societies' Joint Purchase Society and Engineering 

 Works, the Danish Co-operative Manure Supply Society of 

 1916, the Danish Co-operative Bank, the Co-operative Cement 

 Works, and others. He is the chairman of several of these 

 undertakings. As his work in connection with these societies 

 increased, he had to give up several responsible appointments 

 in the central agricultural societies, but accepted in the autumn 

 of 1916 his election as chairman of the Associated Jutland 

 Agricultural Societies. As chairman of the Danish Dairies' 

 Butter Mark Society he visited England twice in connection 

 with legal proceedings for the protection of the Society's 

 Trade Mark. 



The C.C.C. has its own weekly paper, the Andelshladet, i.e. 

 Co-operative Journal, which was started in April, 1900, and 

 until 1916 was edited by Anders Nielsen. It is the joint 

 medium of the co-operative societies, and has a very large 

 circulation. The C.C.C. has convened four national Co- 

 operative Congresses, in 1903, 1906, 1911 and 1914, and intends 

 from 1918 to convene annual meetings of delegates from all the 

 co-operative societies in Denmark. The C.C.C. in 1900 joined 

 the International Co-operative AlHance, with headquarters in 

 London, and representatives of the C.C.C. have taken part in 

 several of the International Congresses held by the AlHance. 

 It has also joined an International AlHance of Agricultural 

 Co-operative Societies. 



