550 Agricultural Exhibition at Aarhuus [DenmarTi). 



huus Meeting will give some idea of tlie mental calibre and pro- 

 clivities of the Danish agriculturists : — 



1. What new experience have we in respect to the proper 



treatment and manufacture of butter and cheese ? 



2. Considering the climatal advantages that may result from 



planting and irrigating on a large scale the moorlands of 

 Jutland, it is desirable to consider by what means these 

 advantages can be most profitably secured. 



3. How are the working population of the rural districts 



housed ; and by what means can their dwellings be 

 enlarged and improved ? 



4. Would it be right to graze the land under woods, — is it 



even advisable to do so ? 



5. Do we pay sufficient attention to the cultivation of fruit- 



bearing trees ; what can we do to improve them ? 



6. Consideration of the means to be adopted to meet the 



future demand for instruction in " Rural Economy " by 

 smaller farmers. 



7. Ought we not to pay greater attention to the manufacture 



of meat, — in what direction ought the practice of feeding 

 to be extended? 



8. Are our present means of transport of live stock to English 



ports sufficient to satisfy the export requirements of the 

 country ? 



9. Are there any good reasons for trying to obtain an altera- 



tion in the law of January 26, 1863, as far as it excludes 

 the older stallions from competition for the Government 

 prizes at the local shows? 



10. What value ought to be attached to the trial of strength 



in judging the horses; — ought this test to be introduced 

 at the local shows? 



11. Has drainage answered our expectations, and has this mode 



of improvement effected an alteration in the mode of 

 utilising and treating the land? 



12. Can the present condition and produce of our agricultural 



land satisfy the claims incurred by our improvements in 

 farming ? 



I venture to make but one comment upon this list, in reference 

 to the great number and variety of subjects proposed for discus- 

 sion, for which the time set apart was totally inadequate. 



The same practice of issuing admission tickets for the whole 

 period of the Exhibition, and of a public distribution of the 

 prizes, that I met with at the Vienna Exhibition, is followed at 

 the Danish Agricultural Meetings, and with the same beneficial 

 results. 



Not that the ceremonial of the distribution of prizes at Aarhuus 



