AUTHOR'S NOTE TO FIRST EDITION 



In collecting the material for this book its author 

 followed the method of actually inspecting Danish 

 farms of various sizes, and taking careful notes on 

 the spot of what he saw and heard. 



The results recorded in these pages may there- 

 fore be accepted as accurate to the best of his 

 knowledge and belief. In the same way he inter- 

 viewed personally the different authorities whose 

 opinions he has quoted. As much of this work, 

 however, was of necessity done by the help of an 

 interpreter, it is possible that errors, consequent on 

 misunderstandings, may have crept in here and there, 

 and for such errors, if any, he apologises in advance. 

 Further, the fact that all money standards, tempera- 

 tures, weights, measures, &c, required rendering into 

 their English equivalents, which are not always easy 

 to arrive at, opens a door to possible mistakes. 

 Lastly, some names may occasionally have been mis- 

 spelt, although he has done his best to avoid such 

 blunders. 



He wishes to take this opportunity to tender his 

 sincerest thanks to those Danish gentlemen who so 

 kindly and unselfishly helped him in his task, such as, 

 to mention a few out of many, His Excellency the 

 Minister for Agriculture; Mr. Waage, Assistant in 

 the Ministry of Agriculture, &c; Mr. Knud Valloe, 

 Secretary and Deputy in the Ministry of Agriculture ; 

 Mr. Rudolf Schou, Conseiller du Gouvernement of the 



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