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off. The buildings, stock, and general farming upon the estate 

 are worth inspection. Sheep are only kept to supply the house 

 with mutton, as they are not considered profitable. 



The next station was Holleschau, in Moravia (35-36° E. lat., 



and 49-50° N. long.), where is an extensive estate of 6670 Eng. 



acres, the property of the Emperor's Estate-Administrator, Count 



Wrbna, and under the management of Herr Fitz. The soil is 



throughout very productive, and if let would command a rent of 



45^. per acre. It is capable of growing 6 quar- 



Fig. 6.— Section ters of barley, and they expect 12 to 14 tons 



Of a bugar- q£ sugar-beet. Sugar manufacture is here all- 



^^ ^^'^ ' important, as it is over the whole ^of Moravia, 



.-..^^.^ Bohemia, and Silesia. There is also a brewery 



/ ^^ \ on the estate. Again I was informed that dis- 



/ \ tillery-wash and sugar-beet pulp are unsuitable 



/ /^-\ \ for breeding stock. Here 12, 13, and 14 per 



1 j j I cent, of sugar is obtained from beet, and the 



\ \ / / roots are preferred under 1 lb. weight each. This 



\ \ / / higher percentage of sugar is in a great measure 



\ / accounted for by cutting off the tops of the root 



\ / and putting it aside as fodder. The central 



V portion, see b, Fig. 6, is said to be richest in 



sugar, and the portion a is cut off as explained. 



The rotation followed here is as nearly as possible the Norfolk 



four-course. It commences with sugar-beet, which is followed 



Avith barley, clover, and wheat or rye. The sugar-beet is 



here grown 16 inches between the rows and 6 inches in the 



rows. Here I saw, for the first time on my journey, cylindrical 



draining tiles, and I was told they had made such tiles for 



20 years. Two of Whitehead and Preston's machines, one for 



cleaning the clay, and one for tile-making, were also noticed. 



Cattle feeding is very systematically and extensively carried on 



in Holleschau. 300 bullocks are annually fatted, and all are 



regularly weighed during the process. I examined the tables, 



and found that 120 days were considered sufficient for fattening 



an ox, and that he increased during this time on an average 



265 lbs. (2 centner 15 pf.) or 2*21 lbs. per day. The first six 



weeks they receive 



48 lbs. of pulp, 

 7 lbs. of hay, 

 10 lbs. of straw-chafF, 

 and a little distillery-wash. 



They are also allowed 4 lbs. of salt per month ; one-third in 

 fodder, one-third in liquid, and one-third to lick. 



The next four weeks they receive the same as above, with the 



