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BULLETIN 1266, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 14. — Cow-testing associations in Denmark. 1 
Year. 
Number. 
Mem- 
bers. 
Cows. Year 
Number. 
Mem- r^-rr-o 
bers. Cows " 
1895 
1 
180 
242 
262 
308 
415 
13 
3,880 
5,420 
5,870 
7,380 
10, 300 
1909 
519 
633 
673 
752 
821 
12. 572 0< H S37 
1900 
76, 140 
100, 500 
110,800 
136, 800 
159, 600 
1914 
14.400 
16. ICO 
18, 659 
21, 420 
222. fiOO 
1901 
1920 
223. 300 
1902... 
1921 
261, 510 
1903 
1922.. 
295, 290 
1905. . 
1 Sources : Statistiske Meddelelser, 4 RLikke, 22 Bind, 5 Hafte- 1906, and yearly numbers 
of Landokonoinisk Aarbog. These figures include only those associations' receiving Fed- 
eral aid. 
HORSE-BREEDING ASSOCIATIONS. 
Denmark claims two native horse breeds, the Frederiksborg light 
coach horse and the Jutland draft horse. The Frederiksborg horse 
Fig. 21. — The Jutland f 
Breeding associations 
Danish farms. 
put better horses on 
is commonly bred on the islands of Seeland and Bornholm. The 
Jutland draft horse, which is particularly well-fitted for farm work, 
is largely bred on the Jutland Peninsula. In some districts on the 
peninsula, horse breeding is an important part of general farming. 
In pre-war days, the Jutland horse found a ready market on the 
Continent, especially in Germany. Then the Danish farmers ex- 
ported approximately 5,000 horses each year. 
Although horse breeding has played a more or less important 
economic role in Denmark for centuries, the great improvement in 
the Danish farm horse (the Jutland horse) (fig. 21) has come within 
the last 40 years, and during this period the average farm has been 
provided with better horses. This improvement is attributed to the 
cooperative horse-breeding associations. 
The first horse-breeding association in Denmark was formed on 
the Island of Hornholm in 1879. 56 A second association was formed 
• Bertel, n. Andelsbevfigelsoii i D.mmark, 1017, pp. 343, .'544. 
