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wish to qualify to teach agriculture. From year to year about fifty per cent of the graduates 

 of this college return to the farm. 



From the foregoing it must be concluded that the Danish farmer, by education, is well 

 fortified for his calling; withal, he is industrious to a degree, deeply in earnest, and emin- 

 ently practical. His methods, in all that he does, reflect these qualifications. Whether 

 it be in dairying, hog raising, or poultry keeping, he works hard and to good purpose, grap- 

 pling with problems as they arise, eliminating what he finds unprofitable and constantly 

 pressing forward to a higher degree of excellence in the products of his labours. 



Farming in Denmark is conducted on a more intensive system than in Canada. Dairy- 

 ing, and pork production are the chief branches of agriculture engaged in. These, it has 

 been found, are best suited to the country and the energies of the government and the people 

 have been directed towards their development. 



Even the sheep in Denmark are tethered. 



Throughout the districts visited, practically all the arable land is under a regular rota- 

 tion system of cropping. Permanent pastures are not used, in fact, pasturing is not depended 

 upon to any great extent. No stock is allowed to roam over the fields; the cattle and, in 

 many sections, even the sheep are tethered when out of doors. Consequently there are very 

 few fences either dividing the fields or even the farms. Usually a bank about two feet 

 high marks the boundary between farms. 



About half the grain crop is oats, the remainder being chiefly barley and rye, with a 

 small proportion of fall wheat. Roots, hay and other fodder crops bulk large in the returns 

 from the land. The aim is to grow feed and the rotation is managed with that in view. 

 On some of the farms visited fully twenty per cent of the acreage was in roots, chiefly mangels 

 for the cows and the pigs. The following table gives the general rotation formula throughout 

 Denmark : 



1st year Rye or wheat. 



2nd year Roots. 



3rd year Barley seeded down. 



4th year Clover and grass. 



5th year Grass. 



6th year Oats. 



7th year Fodder plants, lucerne, etc. 



