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could be compared, so far as pictorial effect went, with that at 

 Vienna. The presence of Royalty, and the varied and striking 

 costumes of the different nationalities taking part in the proceed- 

 ings there, gave a colouring to the latter which probably no other 

 country could have produced. Here, however, the business of 

 the day was conducted in a more simple and more serious 

 manner. Although the nobles and larger proprietors were well 

 represented, the great majority of the recipients were well-to-do 

 yeomen farmers, as independent in their circumstances as in 

 their characters, all wearing the same national dress of the 

 plainest materials, all speaking the same language, and all joining 

 heartily in praising their country and the King to whom they 

 owed allegiance. 



The President of the meeting. Count Holstein-Holsteinborg, 

 distributed the prizes, the animals being paraded past the tribune 

 in succession as the prizes were presented to the successful 

 exhibitors. 



Besides the regular discussions already alluded to, another 

 practice exists at the meetings of the Danish Agricultural Society, 

 which not only adds to their general interest, but also tends 

 greatly to the benefit of the visitors generally, and especially of 

 the smaller farmers. Excursions are arranged for visiting some 

 of the leading farms and most improved estates in the district, 

 where they have an opportunity of examining and of seeing 

 carried out in practice those advanced systems which have been 

 recommended to them by the Society, and perhaps discussed at 

 the meeting itself. On this occasion, while one large party 

 proceeded inland by the railway, others went east and west — by 

 steamer or by road — to visit the fine farming and dairy establish- 

 ments of Mr. Saxtorth, at Vosnoesgaard, and of Mr. Dahl, the 

 Amtmann of the district, at Moesskov, where, notwithstanding 

 their numbers, they were received with a most lavish hospitality, 

 and conducted over every department of the farms. In the 

 evening, a visit from the King and the Russian Princes and their 

 suites to Moesskov, added not a little to the enjoyments of the place. 



The next great Meeting of the Society is to be held, I believe, 

 at Copenhagen in 1869. As that will be the Centenary Com- 

 memoration of the foundation of the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 no exertions will be spared on the part of Denmark to ensure a 

 successful meeting. If an invitation be then again given to 

 foreign farmers to take part in the proceedings, it is to be hoped 

 that ours will not be laggards in accepting it. The agricultural 

 conditions of the two countries seem to be to a great extent com- 

 plementary of each other; the more we know of each other's wants 

 and requirements, the better able shall we be to supply them. 



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