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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Gilbert Grosvenor 

 A DIP IN THE BAI/TIC AT BORNHOLM 



The main mass of this island is granite, worn smooth by the great Scandinavian glaciers. 

 Its rock-crystals have made it renowned. The inhabitants manufacture porcelain and terra- 

 cotta and fish in the surrounding waters. Only recently has so-called promiscuous bathing 

 (men and women on the same beach) become customary at the Danish seaside resorts. 



his farming may not be an utter failure. 

 These conditions being fulfilled, nine- 

 tenths of the cost of the farm, which in- 

 cludes live stock, etc., is furnished by the 

 state. 



The Mortgage Bank of Denmark is be- 

 hind him and the conditions do not im- 

 pose on him too great a burden. In 1850 

 the total number of small farms was 

 180,090. In 1905 there were over 289,- 

 000. During that period the number of 



men who rented farms declined from 42.5 

 per cent to 10.1 per cent. 



Mr. Harald Faber, in his report, tells 

 us that of the total population engaged in 

 agriculture in 191 1, 535,758 were em- 

 ployers and their dependents and 399,- 

 534 were employees or their dependents. 



It is argued against this system that 

 many men buy small farms on credit, 

 make improvements beyond their means, 

 and go too much in debt. There are cases 



