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a store-room containing a chaff-cutter, and beyond this the cow- 

 house and pigstye. In the dwelling are two sitting-rooms, a 

 kitchen at the back with a copper and stove, and as this couple 

 have no children, one bedroom. If there were children the 

 second sitting-room would be used as a sleeping chamber. 



The cow-house, which is good and suitable, has accommo- 

 dation for four cows and one horse. In the piggery, that is 

 roofed over, as is usual in Denmark, were a fine sow, ten grow- 

 ing and four young pigs of Danish breed. Here I saw a new 

 thing, a half-grown female pig with two well-developed teats 

 hanging from its throat. I was told that this phenomenon was 

 very rare, but does occasionally occur in the Danish breed, both 

 with male and female animals. It seems that pigs have been 

 known to suckle their young from these false teats. 



In addition to these pigs and sixty fowls, Mr. Larsen's stock 

 consisted of four good red Danish cows, three of which stood 

 blanketed in a field. These he said he had bought out of his 

 private means. Also he had a horse, an aged but useful animal, 

 lightly built though sufficiently strong for his land. It cost him 

 300 kroner (16 125. 6d.) The milk goes to a co-operative 

 dairy which stands about half a mile away. In 1909 Mr. 

 Larsen's cows produced 30,000 Ib. Danish, which he sold for 

 1 200 kroner (66 ios.), plus the value of the skim milk 

 which was returned to him. Also in that year he sold pigs to 

 the value of 2600 kroner (^"144) and purchased cake and other 

 feeding-stuffs at a cost of 2500 kroner (^138 ios.). He told 

 me that during the previous two years, after paying his in- 

 terest to the State, there had been "a bit over." As a matter of 

 fact, in 1909 this "bit" amounted to a surplus of 800 kroner 

 (44 6s. 8d.). 



Mr. Mortensen, who heard this statement, added that he also 

 had himself saved money out of a similar holding. 



Mr. Larsen said that he looked to his cows, pigs, and poultry 

 for his income, as he sold no corn. The pigs, like the milk, went 

 to a co-operative society, but the eggs he disposed of privately. 

 He buys his artificial manure (superphosphates) and calf-cake 

 through another co-operative society. Among his implements I 



