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sevenpence) when thrashing. The cowman who 

 milked and tended the cows received i ore per lb. of 

 milk. As the Professor had twenty-five cows, of 

 which he informed me the average yield was 7000 lbs. 

 Danish per annum, this, according to my calculations 

 which may, and I think must, be wrong means 

 that the cowman receives ^91, 2s. nd. per annum. 

 Although Professor Maar stated that this man's salary 

 was high because he must have a responsible person 

 to look after the cows in his absence, it is obvious 

 that some mistake has crept in here, as he would 

 scarcely pay his cowman nearly twice the wages of 

 the bailiff. Either the total milk produced is less than 

 I have calculated, or, which is more probable, there 

 was an error in the verbal translation of the figures. 



If, for instance, the cowman received 1 ore per kilo 

 of milk instead of 1 ore per lb., as my note says, his 

 wage would amount to about ^46 per annum. Or 

 possibly some of the twenty-five animals reckoned as 

 cows were heifers not yet in milk, which of course 

 would alter die basis of my calculation. There I must 

 leave the matter, since it is impossible to clear it up 

 without special reference to Denmark. For the rest 

 these wages compare well with those paid in England ; 

 but again I must remark that the Professor was careful 

 to point out that they were higher than the average. 



Nordskov is a charming spot. The land slopes 

 gradually to the beech-wood on the brow of a cliff 

 130 feet high that borders the Ore Sund, which we 

 know as the Sound. Hence the view of sea and of 

 the coast of Sweden opposite is very beautiful. That 

 from the same spot looking inland is almost equally 

 so, for here the eye travels over a vast and fertile 

 plain, backed to the left by a dense mass of woods. 



