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BULLETIN 1266, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
The carcass and offal are inspected by a government veterinarian in 
each factory and stamped with the official classification mark. Only 
the highest class bacon, from sound, healthy animals, free from 
tuberculosis or other diseases, can be stamped with the common 
trade-mark, "Lur Brand," in red, and only products bearing the 
red stamp can be exported. Bacon placed in second class is stamped 
in blue and may be used only for home consumption. The official 
registered trade-mark number of each cooperative factory must also 
be stamped on the products. 
This trade-mark is a health guaranty rather than a quality mark. 
The high quality of Danish bacon is a standard voluntarily attained 
by the cooperative plants through local cooperative effort, and de- 
signed to meet as nearly as possible the demands of the English 
Danish Bacon Exports into Great Britain. 
PER CENT OF DANISH EXPORTS 
TO GREAT BRITAIN 
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 
PER CENT DANISH EXPORTS 
IS OF BRITISH IMPORTS 
10 20 30 40 50 60 
19 
19 
19 
19 
19 
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Fig. 14. — In normal times approximately 100 per cent of the Danish bacon exports are 
consumed in Great Britain. As the Danish bacon imports steadily increased belore the 
World War, Denmark's share of British bacon imports increased proportionally. Den- 
mark's proportion of bacon imports into Great Britain was 44.6 per cent in 1911, 51.1 
per cent in 1912, 49.2 per cent in 1913, and 54 per cent in 1914. As fast as her bacon 
production is nearing the pre-war level, Denmark is regaining her pre-war share of 
British bacon imports. It was 39.8 per cent in 1022. Data based on Danish and Brit- 
ish statistics. The term " bacon," as used in Denmark, refers to the Wiltshire cut. 
The bulk of Danish pork products is exported in this form. 
bacon trade. One feature which is helpful in meeting the market 
demand and which also encourages select cutting and trimming, is 
the bacon- judging exhibitions. These exhibitions are held several 
times each year under the auspices of the National Federation of 
the Danish Cooperative Bacon Factories. They are usually held 
at the principal shipping port (Esjeberg), where samples from each 
plant are taken from the lots in shipment. The cooperative plants 
voluntarily participate in these exhibitions. A letter stating the 
results of the bacon judgings at each exhibition is sent to each plant, 
and the names of the plants whose bacon stands in the best upper 
third in the exhibition are publicly announced. 
Approximately 85 per cent of the bacon output in the bacon 
factories is exported, practically all of which goes to Great Britain, 
as indicated in Figure 14. While the bulk of the Danish butter 
