HENNEBERG LADEGAARD 



From the pretty seaport of Fredericia, on the east 

 coast of Jutland, I made an expedition to visit Henne- 

 berg Ladegaard. This is a farm famous for its short- 

 horn cattle, which were introduced into Denmark by its 

 late occupier, Mr. Hansen. The holding of about 200 

 English acres diners from most in Denmark inasmuch 

 as it is not owned but hired, the present tenant being 

 Mrs. Hansen, the widow of the former occupier. The 

 rent paid is about 2 per tondeland ; that is, one 

 English acre and a third. Originally it was held on 

 a long lease, but now the tenure seems to be that the 

 tenant can leave at one year's notice, while the land- 

 lord must give hvz years' notice. At least that was 

 what I gathered, though the arrangement is so intri- 

 cate that my information may not be correct. 



The house is of a pleasant and old-fashioned char- 

 acter, furnished with tall-backed chairs, high stoves, 

 and a piano resembling a spinet. Here we found 

 Mrs. Hansen, who, with the proverbial Danish kindness, 

 at once offered to show me the farm and its famous 

 cattle. Passing through the usual square of thatched 

 out-buildings with its central yard, we went to a field 

 where forty-one tethered cows were undergoing their 

 midday milking. Formerly shorthorns only were 

 kept here, but now a proportion of the cows are of the 

 usual red Danish breed. 



Whilst we were looking at these beautiful short- 

 horns, which, by the way, submitted to tethering as 



