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no less than thirty prize cups, twenty-four of them of 

 silver. 



The labour employed on the 200 acres consists of 

 six hands, who are overlooked by Mrs. Hansen's son 

 namely, a " fodder-master," a stable-boy, and four 

 othersrwho generally work by the piece. The fodder- 

 master receives about ^20 a year with food and lodg- 

 ing, and the others rather less, though some of these, 

 as I gathered, have a cottage and a cow given to 

 them. The land is worked on a seven years' rotation. 

 Thus the field upon which the cows were tethered 

 had borne a crop of oats in which clover was laid 

 down, that will stand for two years. After the 

 clover comes a mixture of barley, oats, and vetches, 

 such as we call " dredge," which are thrashed and 

 ground for cattle. A fallow follows for one year, 

 then wheat and perhaps rye, then barley, then beet 

 and some green fodder, then oats again sown down 

 with clover. 



The horses, of which ten are kept, are very light 

 compared with ours. It is curious to see the mares 

 ploughing with their foals running at their side. Here 

 we should think this dangerous, as the foals might get 

 heated milk, and in consequence suffer from scour, 

 but I suppose that this risk is guarded against in some 

 way. Square-head wheat is grown, which, like all 

 the corn, is stored in barns, not stacked. 



Altogether this is an excellent farm, but I fear 

 that the introduction of the expensive shorthorn cattle 

 from England has proved a somewhat costly experi- 

 ment. 



At Dansgaard, near by, Miss Thygeson, the 

 owner of this property, which, it will be remembered, 



