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7s. a day, if the small holder chooses to put 

 his own hand to the plough. 



Hardly a fence is to be seen to divide 

 holding from holding, and to swallow up the 

 much-needed capital ; for, beyond the strip of 

 grazing land bordering the canal, no land is 

 to be put down to permanent pasture, which 

 rightly enough is considered a waste where 

 tillage can produce fodder crops of double the 

 quantity. It is hoped that on a six-acre 

 holding enough will be produced to feed four 

 cows, instead of the regulation number of 

 two cows to six acres common to the grass 

 farms of England. Every cow put out to 

 graze will be tethered, and abundance of 

 valuable fodder is expected from the mixed 

 crop of peas and corn, which in Denmark is 

 either cut green and fed whole, or, after 

 being weathered, is stacked and then thrashed 

 all together. 



It used to be possible to obtain large 

 quantities of sludge from Barton Broad to 

 spread over the fields. This was dredged by 

 the marshmen at a trifling cost, but, now that 

 a heavy tribute is levied by an exacting 

 overlord, this industry has been taxed out of 

 existence. 



