Danish Bacon Trade. 401 



At the annual meeting of delegates from the Co-opera- 

 tive Agricultural Societies of Denmark 



Dan Tra<tef C ° n recentl y held at Copenhagen, a lengthy 

 discussion took place on pig breeding and 

 bacon curing. It was pointed out that in view of the increas- 

 ing competition on the English markets, especially from 

 Canada, it would be advisable to make efforts to further 

 improve the quality of Danish bacon, and to this end it was 

 recommended to improve the breed of pigs by crossing with 

 the Yorkshire. It is intended to establish breeding- 

 centres in different parts of the country, in order to enable 

 the farmers to get suitable bacon-pigs. Some of the bacon 

 factories have now published their dividends for the past year, 

 from which business appears to have been fairly satisfactory. 

 A few of the largest factories are arranging for the construc- 

 tion of special railway waggons for the conveyance of their 

 foods to the ports, in order to ensure the best possible treat - 

 ment of the bacon during transport. [Smor Tidende.) 



According to the preliminary report on the results of the 

 census taken on 31st December, 1897, the 

 P ° P Spain n ° f total P°P ula tion of Spain {i.e., the Spanish 

 peninsula and adjacent islands and 

 possessions on the north and west coast of Africa) at that 

 date was 18,089,500, as compared with 17,565,632 in 1887, the 

 increase in 10 years being 523,868 persons, or about 0*3 per 

 cent, per annum. Of the inhabitants enumerated at the 

 recent census, 8,773,730 were males, and 9,315,770 were 

 females ; these numbers included 22,386 and 15,1 58 foreigners 

 respectively. 



The legal population, as distinct from the population 

 present in the country was returned at 18,226,040 in 1897 

 and 17,673,838 in 1887. 



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