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not unsatisfactorily, although Mr. Overgaard said 

 that he still prefers to use the human hand. It would 

 appear, therefore, that the old inventor of 1785 was 

 after all on the right tack. 



Especially interesting also is the series showing 

 the gradual development of the plough, the earliest of 

 which are not unlike implements that I have seen in 

 actual use in Palestine and elsewhere in the East. I 

 am not aware whether any collection of this kind 

 exists in Great Britain. If not, I venture to suggest 

 that one might be formed before it is too late. 



An interesting feature of this school is the chemical 

 laboratory where investigations are made of the con- 

 stituents of milk, manures, and feeding-stuffs. Even 

 skim milk is analysed here to ascertain what pro- 

 portion of the fat is removed by the separator. Or 

 rather I should say what proportion is not removed, 

 since it seems that no more than one-tenth per cent, 

 ought to be left after it has gone through the machine. 

 Sundry of these separators were being experimented 

 with at the time of my visit, but for obvious reasons 

 I will refrain from saying which were considered to 

 be the best. 



To me the farm attached to Ladelund was as 

 interesting as the school. Thirty cows are kept, and 

 a very fine bull of the red Danish breed which in ap- 

 pearance, although darker and larger, resembled our 

 East Anglian redpolls. Mr. Overgaard told me that 

 from these cows an average annual milk yield which, 

 by the way, is being raised every year of 8000 lbs. 

 Danish is considered satisfactory, although from very 

 exceptional animals 16,000 lbs. have been obtained. 



All the milk from these cows, together with some 

 that is bought in the district, after separation is made 



