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fee of thirteen and one-half cents. The sales during 1907 

 were some ten million pounds of eggs and poultry, valued 

 at about $1,080,000. The object of the association is 

 said to be to establish the best possible market in foreign 

 countries for Danish eggs by guaranteeing that the eggs 

 delivered with the registered trade-mark stenciled on 

 each egg are absolutely fresh and clean and by protecting 

 the general interest of the Danish poultry keepers by pre- 

 serving eggs and fattening and selling the poultry of the 

 members, permitting a rational poultry management. 

 The printed statutes for the egg circles read as follows : 



"No. 1. The 'circle' belongs to the 'Danish Cooperative Egg 

 Export Association' and has to submit to its statutes in force at 

 any time. 



''No. 2. Members are accepted on application to the officers 

 of the 'circle.' They pay 13.5 cents each and as a fee to the 

 main association. 



!'No. 3. Every member is, without any special declaration, 

 under the laws of the 'circle' as they now are, or as they may 

 legally be amended. 



"No. 4. Members have to deliver all eggs produced by their 

 hens home consumption, setting eggs, and accidentally found 

 ones excepted "in the manner and on the days decided on by 

 the officers of the 'circle.' This obligation holds good for one 

 calendar year at a time. 



"No. 5. No eggs older than seven days may be delivered; 

 transgression of this rule, as well as the delivery of stale eggs, 

 is punishable by a fine of $1.35 imposed by the directors of the 

 cooperative association (main association) and may be increased 

 to $2.70. One-half of the fine goes to the main association and 

 the other half to the 'circle' in question. The decision of the 

 main directors irrespectively of that of the ' circle ' directors 

 or of the egg collector cannot be appealed. In case of a suit 

 for the collection of the fine, the party sued will have to pay the 

 cost irrespectively of the law of August 6, 1824. 



