548 Agricultural Exhibition at Aarhuus {Denmark). 



The different classes were well represented, comprising no less 

 tlian 438 entries in addition to the separate collective lots (19 in 

 number) of bulls, cows, and offspring. The cattle, as well as 

 the horses, Avere all exhibited in the open, tethered in rows 

 according to their respective classes ; fortunately the weather, 

 though intensely hot, was most favourable for both men and 

 beasts. 



The "Sheep" classes contained nothing which calls for special 

 notice. The old Danish breed is well-nigh displaced entirely 

 I)y the introduction of the Merino or English breeds. In some 

 cases crosses have been effected, but in none of the specimens 

 exhibited were the results to be compared with the pure imported 

 breeds. 



The class contained in all 135 entries, inclusive of the fat 

 stock, about 40 in number. 



The "Swine" classes were poorly represented. In all the 

 specimens exhibited, English blood — Yorkshire or Berkshire — 

 gave the stamp of value to the respective pens. Indeed, neither 

 the sheep nor swine class were quite equal to what might 

 reasonably have been expected in a country so purely agricul- 

 tural as Denmark — a country too Avhich has a large annual 

 surplus produce to dispose of, in which quality is, or ought to 

 be, always a matter of primary importance. 



Taken altogether, the Exhibition, though somewhat unequal 

 in its departments, was a great success, and most creditable to a 

 country so limited in its population as Denmark now is. The 

 numbers that visited it were far in excess of those at any previous 

 meeting, and must have contributed satisfactorily to the funds 

 of the Royai Agricultural Society, under whose direct super- 

 intendence it was held, and been equally gratifying to the 

 excellent and indefatigable President, Count Holstein-Holstein- 

 borg. 



The Royal Agricultural Society was established in 1769, and 

 consists of three presidents, a council of 12 members, and about 

 300 ordinary members, who each pay 10 rigs-dalers per annum. 

 In addition to the subscription the society receives an annual 

 subsidy from the Government of 1600 r.d. Its great meetings 

 or exhibitions are held every third year, the locality being 

 changed for each meeting. Besides this central society for the 

 practical encouragement of agriculture, there exists an excellent 

 school at Copenhagen for teaching those principles of the art, 

 the application of which it is the function of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society to develope and encourage. The Royal Veteri- 

 nary and Agricultural High School (Kongelige Veterinair-og- 

 Landbohoiskole) was organised in its present form in 1857, and 

 is intended to teach agriculture, agricultural engineering, vete- 



