PROFESSOR MAAR'S FARM AT NORDSKOV in 



On this farm also stands a picturesque windmill, 

 which with its accompanying buildings is let for iooo 

 kroner (^55, 8s. 4d.) per annum, a rent that, as I was 

 informed, leaves the tenant a good profit. The farm- 

 house, too, which Professor Maar uses as a summer 

 residence, is quaint and old-fashioned. The land is 

 what is known as medium in Denmark, although we 

 should call it light. It grows good crops, especially 

 of beet and clover, though some of the former had to 

 be ploughed over in the summer of 19 10 owing to the 

 drought. There is no permanent pasture on the 

 farm. The seven years rotation is as follows: (1) 

 oats and vetches for cows ; (2) rye ; (3) barley ; (4) 

 mangolds ; (5) oats ; (6 and 7) clover and hay. 



The practice here is to sell the corn and buy cake 

 for the cattle with the money it realises, except for a 

 balance of about 1000 kroner (^55, 8s. 4d.) which is 

 kept in hand. The milk from the twenty-five cows is 

 sold to a " milk-pedlar " at 5 ore, that is rather less than 

 three-farthings, per lb. Danish. The cows, guarded 

 by a herd, a very nice lot of animals of the red Danish 

 breed, were feeding on a two-year clover lay which 

 had been mowed for hay. The local custom is to 

 tether them until the beginning of July, but when I 

 saw them towards the end of September they wandered 

 loose because of the scantiness of the feed and to pre- 

 vent them from catching cold. On this farm a certain 

 amount of seaweed collected from the beach is used 

 for manure with good results. 



