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plot of land, anybody who keeps a poultry-yard intelligently 

 and skilfully, can increase his income and solve many a 

 difficulty in household economy. 



Co-operation has already taught the farmers and cotters to 

 place on the markets produce which in freshness, cleanliness, 

 quality and general mode of treatment, is on a level with the 

 best produce from other countries, and it has proved by 

 demonstration that it is not quantity but quality which pleases 

 •customers, retains their custom and produces most money. 



H. DE COURCY. 



COST OF TRANSPORT FROM DENMARK TO 

 GREAT BRITAIN. 



The cost of transport of agricultural produce in Denmark 

 and from Denmark to Great Britain forms the subject of one 

 section of the Report on Rural Conditions in Denmark 

 published by the Irish Department of Agriculture. 



The railway systems of Denmark are practically all State- 

 owned, and therefore a comparison is very difficult between the 

 methods obtaining there with those in Ireland. 



There are only two centres of collection and distribution for 

 ■export, viz., Copenhagen and Esbjerg. 



At Copenhagen, the produce for Scotland and parts of the 

 North of England are collected, while at Esbjerg that for the 

 Midlands and South are dealt with. 



Seeing that the railways are mostly the property of the 

 State, the staple products of the country are naturally dealt 

 with as cheaply as possible, and in this way agriculture is en- 

 couraged at very little expense to other classes of industry. 



Ihe rates for butter, eggs, milk, cheese, cream, and bacon are 

 low, being on a sliding scale for about every three statute miles. 

 The cost per ton is as follows for every ten miles or so, but the 

 intermediate distances are rated in proportion. If the waggon, 

 however, is the property of the firm sending goods the rail- 



