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he who wasted it thus would be looked on as an agri- 

 cultural lunatic. As I gathered, the manure, solid 

 and liquid, from the 1200 pigs and the 400 cattle is 

 sufficient to fertilise the entire farm of n 00 acres 

 without the use of artificials. 



Here is Mr. Pontoppidan's rotation of crops. 

 First year, one-fourth of the area farmed, under man- 

 gold. Second year, oats laid down with clover seed. 

 Third year, clover. Fourth year, oats. Fifth year, 

 swedes. Sixth year, barley. Seventh year, rye. 

 Eighth year, mixed corn, oats, barley, vetches, and 

 peas, which are sown together and afterwards sepa- 

 by a machine. This mixture is found to return 

 vier crop than if its constituents were sown 

 separately, as each kind of corn draws different ele- 

 ments from the soil. Also the oats and barley hold 

 up the creeping vetches and peas. 



I had a conversation with Mr. Pontoppidan on the 

 subject of the State small-holdings. To ascertain the 

 truth concerning these small-holdings, as to which I 

 shall have much to say later, was the main object of 

 my visit to Denmark, and therefore I sought to collect 

 representative opinions respecting them upon all good 

 occasions. I found that like almost every large land- 

 owner with whom I spoke, Mr. Pontoppidan regarded 

 small-holdings with little favour. At least he stated 

 that they do not prosper in his neighbourhood, chiefly 

 because the small-holders can get no credit. He 

 thought that to flourish such men ought not to rely 

 upon their holdings solely, but rather to look upon 

 them as an adjunct and to work for the larger farmers 

 as well. These are views with which we are familiar 

 in this country, and doubtless there is much truth in 

 them. But as I must discuss the question at length 



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