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resident stewards. There are no doubt discrepancies, and pro- 

 bably occasional omissions, but the Table may be trusted to give a 

 fair idea of the stock kept upon ordinary Hungarian estates. In 

 all the cases cited, Merino sheep and Hungarian cattle were kept. 



Implements. 



Throughout Hungary there is a great and increasing demand 

 for English implements. In my Report upon the Vienna Exhi- 

 bition, I pointed out the superiority of English workmanship over 

 that of Continental makers in general. The impression conveyed 

 by the collection of exhibits in \ ienna was fully borne out bv 

 subsequent travel, and there is abundant evidence in the present 

 Report that English and American implements are thoroughly- 

 appreciated in Hungary. The introduction of English ploughs, 

 through Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, took place in the 

 year 1861 ; and the use of reaping-machines, as has already been 

 mentioned (see Kis-Szahis), dates from the International Exhibi- 

 tion in London, 1851. Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth were 

 the pioneers in both ploughs and heavier implements, such as 

 steam threshing-machines ; and Garrett, and Priest and Wool- 

 nough, are as well known in Hungary as in England. 



The Hungarian peasant is certainly less enlightened, and, for 

 the most part, still uses the old-fashioned native implements. 

 He sows his corn broadcast, although an exception to this rule 

 was observed at Ungarisch-Altenburg ; and threshes out his corn 

 with horses. Since one-half of Hungary is possessed by peasants 

 this is important ; but enlightenment is gradually spreading from 

 the great estates downwards to the smaller ones, and every year 

 brings changes for the better. The subject of implements is so 

 connected with the general agriculture of the country that it 

 scarcely seems advisable to collect all the observations made upon 

 them under one head. I must therefore refer the reader to the 

 entire Report as containing information upon the subject, as also 

 to the Report on the Vienna Exhibition in the earlier pages of 

 this volume. 



Tot-Megyek. 



This fine estate, the property of Count Alois Karolyi, lies on 

 the left bank of the Waag, which divides it from the Schiitt 

 Island. It is most conveniently reached from Vienna by book- 

 ing to Tot-Megyer Station, on the Vienna and Pesth Railway. 

 The estate comprises 22,770 acres (16,035-yV'Tfo jochs), divided 

 into seven districts, the chief of which is Tot-Megyer proper, 

 with its handsome mansion, clean, pretty village, and com- 



