246 Danish Co-operative Bacon-curing Industry. 



in the greater number of co-operative bacon factories in 



Denmark : — 





Kr. 



£ 



Chairman or Committee — Salary ... ... ... 



500 '00 



27 '39 



Do. Travelling and allowances ... 



136*00 



7*45 



Certain members of Committee from 40 kr. to 



50*00 



273 



First Auditor 



500*00 



27'39 



Second Auditor ... 



200 *oo 



10*95 



Seakirk Assurance 



412*00 



22-59 



Accident do. (Employes) 



2 8i-55 



15-42 



Fire do. ... 



349 72 



19*16 



Burglary do. ... 



35 6 5 



' "95 



Glass do. 



8*65 



•47 



Local Rates 



174-19 



9-54 



General Taxes and Building Tax 



547*55 



30*00 



• 



Manager s Salary ... ... ... ... 



2,500*00 



137*00 



Do. 10 ore per pig 



1 ,465 '9° 



so 32 



Cashier ... ... ... ... ... ... 



1 ,400*00 



76 72 



General Foreman 



600 'OO 



32 55 



Typewriter 



600*00 



32 55 



Clerk 



300*00 



16*44 



Master Butcher ... 



2,000* 00 



109*60 



Engineer ... .i. 



I,200*00 



65*76 



Sausage Maker ... ... ... ... ^. 



1,300*00 



71-24 



I workman at 20 kr. weekly 



1,040*00 



56-98 



3 do. at 18 „ „ 



2,808*00 



153-86 



5 do. at 17 ,, 



4,420*00 



242-19 



1 apprentice at 15 ,, ,, 



780*00 



42-73 



1 boy at 8 kr. weekly ... 



416*00 



22*79 



1 woman at 10 kr. weekly 



520*00 



28*49 



All the co-operative factories in Denmark, and most of the 



proprietary ones, carry out the curing of their bacon in the old- 

 fashioned way by pumping the brine through insertion tubes, 

 which are operated by manual labour. Recently, however, five 

 factories have been established in different parts of Denmark in 

 which the curing is carried out by the auto-cure process. 



A visit was made to the Kolding factory, which is the largest, 

 co-operative or otherwise, in Denmark. It has a membership of 

 7,885, and 67,046 swine were slaughtered last year. The factory 

 has a public slaughter-house where practically all meat exposed 

 for sale in the town of Kolding must be certified as "fit 

 for use." Apart from the very high average price paid on 

 delivery for the pigs of members, the Kolding Society distributed 

 a. bonus at the end of last year of 3-75 ore (three-fifths of a 

 penny) per lb. upon all bacon supplied by them, this sum 

 amounting to 310,483 kroner (,£17,249), or an average of 4-63 

 kr. (5s. 1 id.) per pig. The present liabilities of the society are 

 about 30,000 kroner (^1,650), and since the foundation of this 



