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able business to a prosperous industry possessing a fair degree of 
stability. 
Table 7. — Danish Cooperative Egg Export Association's volume of business and 
average price reached for eggs handled. 1 
Year beginning 
January 1. 
Pounds, 
eggs. 
Value in 
dollars. 2 
Average 
price 
obtained 
per 
pound 
of eggs. 2 
Year beginning 
January 1. 
Pounds, 
eggs. 
Value in 
dollars. 2 
Average 
price 
obtained 
per 
pound 
of eggs. 2 
1895 
Thou- 
sands. 
209 
1,863 
3,552 
4,204 
5,503 
6,160 
8,139 
9,934 
9,797 
9,134 
9, 696 
9,694 
9,841 
9,709 
Thou- 
sands. 
21 
188 
348 
442 
588 
682 
894 
1,086 
1,089 
1,036 
1,130 
1,177 
1,224 
1,164 
Cents. 
10.2 
10.2 
9.6 
10.5 
10.7 
11.0 
11.0 
11.0 
11.0 
11.5 
11.8 
12.1 
12.3 
11.8 
1909 
Thou- 
sands. 
9,519 
9,857 
10, 033 
9,923 
10, 426 
10, 348 
10, 644 
10, 243 
9,535 
6,116 
6,676 
9,114 
10, 880 
13, 510 
Thou- 
sands. 
1,224 
1,226 
1,295 
1,331 
1,450 
1,499 
1,952 
2, 650 
2,763 
2,874 
3.138 
3,235 
3,070 
3,077 
Cents. 
12.9 
1896 
1910 
12.3 
1897 
1911 
12.9 
1898 
1912 .. 
13.4 
1899 
1913. __ 
13.9 
1900 
1914 
14.5 
1901 
1915 
1916 
17.3 
1902 . 
25.8 
1903. . 
1917 
28.9 
1904 
1918 
1919 
47. 1 
1905 
46.9 
1906 .. 
1920 
35.5 
1907 
1921 
28.3 
1908 
1922 
22.8 
1 Source: Dansk Andels Aegexports Viksomhedi 25 Aar, 1895-1920 — W. A. Kock, p. 35, and the year books 
of Andelsbladet, p. 613, 1921, p. 745, 1922, and p. 500, 1923. 
2 Conversions at par of exchange prior to 1914, thereafter at prevailing average rates of exchange as quoted 
in table on inside cover page. 
Strong centralization is one of the outstanding characteristics of 
Danish cooperative egg-selling activities. The eggs come from me- 
dium-sized flocks, and the value of the egg production per farm is com- 
paratively small. The single producer can not afford to devote much 
time and energy to the selling end. Even in the local association, 
the value of the combined egg production from its members does not 
represent a relatively large capital, and would hardly justify the 
employment of highly-trained salesmen. The local associations do 
not operate independently, but are rather what may be termed 
auxiliary suppliers to the one central association. This form of 
organization relieves the producer and the local of the responsi- 
bility of selling. On the other hand, if the central association is to 
handle the selling of thousands of small units from members, it must 
have some assurance of the regularity of this supply as well as its 
quality. The producers guarantee this supply by promise to deliver 
all of their eggs to the local association, which in turn is under con- 
tract agreement to deliver its total supply to the central association. 
Another prominent characteristic of this form of organization is 
the strict, almost perfect, regulation as to quality. In its ability to 
demand the best quality product from the producer and to get it, the 
central organization surpasses similar cooperative selling societies 
in other. European countries, and has made possible two out- 
standing accomplishments in the Danish egg trade : (1) Improvement 
in the quality of the egg production, resulting in a quality-egg ex- 
port trade, and (2) steady increase in price paid for Danish eggs and 
the return of a larger share of this price to the producer. 
The marketing of Danish eggs through cooperative associations 
was initiated in the formation of the Danish Cooperative Egg Export 
Association (Dansk Andels Aegexport — commonly known as the 
