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education and co-operation. Both the agricultural 

 schools and the co-operative Societies are private 

 ventures and were started as such, though they now 

 receive government subsidies. Denmark aims at a 

 high level of general education rather than of techni- 

 cal education ; but there are a number of excellent 

 agricultural schools which are well attended and at 

 which the pupils pay fees. It is not proposed to give 

 any detailed account of the system of Danish educa- 

 tion ; but the general keenness for education may be 

 judged by the fact that large numbers of the children 

 of small farmers and peasants voluntarily attend the 

 Popular High Schools between the ages of 17 and 25 

 to continue their general education. 



In the case of co-operative activities, also, the 

 matter has been so frequently and so fully described 

 that it is only necessary to state that an excellent 

 system of rural organisation exists, which embraces 

 such activities as creameries, bacon-curing factories, 

 poultry Societies, live stock Societies of various 

 kinds, bee Societies, and Societies for the purchase 

 and distribution of seed, artificial manures and agri- 

 cultural implements. These Societies are federated, 

 and the members bind themselves for a period of 

 years to carry out all purchases and sales through the 

 medium of their own Society, and are bound by very 

 strict rules which they loyally carry out. The ex- 

 treme value of this organisation to the farmers is 

 recognised by all observers ; but it is unnecessary to 

 enlarge on the subject here. 



