376 Beport on the Agriculture of 



is estimated at 11. per Eng-lisli acre. The whole of this estate 

 is under the control of his Excellency Count Wrbna, Admi- 

 nistrator of the Imperial Estates, and is under the management 

 of Herr Fostik, the resident inspector. It comprises a tract of 

 19,485^ acres, 6750 of which are arable, while nearly 9000 

 acres are underwood. The remainder is mostly in pasture ; and 

 there are also some 400 acres of waste land. The key to the 

 management is the cultivation of sugar-beet. The estate sup- 

 ports a sugar factory, and all cultivation seems subservient to 

 the chief product. 



The land and its management can scarcely be too highly 

 spoken of. Twenty tons per acre of sugar-beet are produced, 

 which yield 9 per cent, of sugar ; and a clear profit of 60 fl., or 

 6/., per acre is derived from the farm of Egballer. 



140 head of the ordinary cattle of Moravia were up feeding 

 in spacious byres. They were receiving — , 



OP 1, 1 I 18 lbs. cut into chaff. 

 ^6 lbs. hay < in n -, 



•' \ lo lbs. long. 



4f to 5 lbs. of barley and maize meal. 



The average increase per head on 120 days was 265 lbs., or 

 2*2 lbs. per day. Another byre contained 56 of the ordinary 

 cows of the country. They were giving, on an average of the 

 whole, 6 of them being dry, 1|- gallon per head ; and a cow 

 will yield from 373 to 435 gallons per annum. There were a 

 few Hungarian oxen, but for the most part they were Moravian 

 cattle, purchased from peasants for 2/. 16^. to 4/. 2s., at one year 

 old. 



We were now within two hours of the celebrated Keltschan 

 sugar factory and estate, so frequently referred to in my Report 

 on the Vienna Exhibition ; but I was unfortunately unable to 

 visit it. As in Hungary, so here, the peasant-farming could 

 not bear comparison with that upon the large estate. 



Cigar-making here absorbs much female labour : 2400 women 

 are employed, and paid 10s. per week. They make 104,000,000 

 cigars a year, and sometimes 2,250,000 per week. 



From the Imperial estate of Coding I went, via the Prerau 

 and Olmutz Railway, to Kwassitz, the property of the Countess 

 Thun-Hohenstein, but let on lease to the Ritter von Proskowetz, 

 who was unfortunately from home. I was received by the 

 steward, and saw all that was necessary, and especially inquired 

 as to the cultivation of sugar-beet. The estate is 1423 acres in 

 extent, and the whole is under arable cultivation. It is of 

 various quality, and undulating in character. The rotation is as 

 follows : — 1st year, wheat or rye, dunged ; 2nd year, sugar-beet, 

 grown with ashes and superphosphate ; 3rd year, barley ; 4th 



