THE KOLLE-KOLLE FARM 



From Lyngby I drove to Mr. Grut Hansen's famous 

 farm of Kolle - Kolle. Mr. Hansen informed me 

 that in all he farmed 270 tondeland, say 360 acres, 

 of light soil, a good deal of which was under grass. 

 This area of land supports 70 red Danish cows, and 

 about the same number of young cattle, besides grow- 

 ing the usual crops which are managed on a seven 

 years' rotation. 



Mr. Hansen bred up his herd between the years 

 1892 and 1905, but his present cows are chiefly the 

 progeny of the noted bull " Dan," which at the time 

 of my visit was ten years old. 



The use of this bull has raised the average of 

 butter-fat in the herd by no less than three-quarters 

 per cent. Some of the cows give an enormous return 

 of milk. Thus one of them yielded no less than 

 12,911 lbs. in 1908. Here is the record of this cow 

 between 1905 and 1909 : 



Mr. Hansen's milk average for 1909 was 8016 lbs. 

 Danish, although some of his cows produced a great 



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