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Danish Poultry Societies. 



instruction by means of lectures for the common benefit of 

 their members. In this connection, mention may be made of 

 the Central Union of Poultry-breeders of Hanover, to which 

 are affiliated 49 local associations with a total membership of 

 3,954 persons. Through the agency of this union 85 breeding 

 stations have been established in various parts of the 

 province, and over 750 thoroughbred cock birds are annually 

 placed at the disposal of members of the local societies. 

 The funds of the latter are derived from members' subscrip- 

 tions, which range from 2s. to 6s. per annum, and from the 

 sale of sitting-eggs, while the Central Union is supported by 

 annual contributions from the affiliated associations, at the 

 rate of 6d. for each member enrolled on their books. Poultry 

 shows are frequently held by the separate societies, and 

 on a larger scale by the Union ; the Union also publishes a 

 journal. 



Little has been done hitherto by any of the German 

 societies in the way of co-operation for the sale of poultry 

 and eggs, but the Hanover central societv has made arrange- 

 ments for the organisation of this branch of the industry on 

 the lines of the Danish association, to which reference is made 

 elsewhere in this journal. The establishment of egg- collecting 

 stations on the Danish model has also been undertaken by 

 the poultry section of the leading agricultural society in East 

 Prussia. 



Danish Poultry Societies. 



The first important association of poultry keepers in 

 Denmark was formed at Aarhuus about twenty years ago. At 

 a later period an offshoot from this body was started in 

 Copenhagen, but it eventually combined with the parent 

 society in the formation of one great association for the 

 whole of the country, with its headquarters at Copenhagen. 

 The principal object of the society is the promotion of 

 poultry rearing for profit by agriculturists. As a first step in 

 this direction an endeavour was made to improve the native 

 race of fowls by the importation of French, Spanish, and 



