Excerpt from Recent Policies Designed to Promote Farm Ownership in Denmark

This law made provision for State loans to cottars for the purchase of small farms, a policy which had been adopted long before for the benefit of farmers having at least one hartkorn ton of land. This first law was made effective for five years, after which certain sections concerned with the creation of new holdings were to become void unless reenacted by a new measure. Three sim iler acts were passed at dates five years apart, followed.by sev eral others at more frequent intervals. In each successive law full arrangements were provided for new holdings, while each of the for mer laws held good for the holdings created under it. This plan ensured the repeated consideration of the details-of the policy, and the modification of the arrangements in the light of experience.

The first of this series of laws was designed to benefit farm laborers only, but later measures extended the advantages of the legislation to rural laborers of any kind so far as they oh tained part of their living from the land. However, strict require ments were formulated as to the nationality, age, character, knowledge of agriculture, and financial situation of the applicants.

Originally the holdings provided for were designed to sup plement income from other occupations; but the objective gradually changed so that in time the holdings became such as would afford a living for a family without outside labor. The maximum size was first raised and then abandoned altogether; and the minimum size was grade ually increased from about 3 acres to about 7? Acres. Holdings of this type were privately purchased from land on the market by indi vidual cottars, assisted on occasion by local officials. The loan amounted to nine-tenths of the value of the land, plus nine - tenths of the cost of preposed buildings and improvements.

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