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all extensive occupying owners of land, and it is just possible that 

 they can form a fairly strong " combine " on their own account. 

 When asked if he was connected with any co-operative organisation, 

 he naively replied, " I was born a free man, and wisli to remain 

 one." He manufactures all his own dairy produce in his own 

 splendidly equipped dairy, where everything is done on the most 

 up-to-date methods. 



Butter is made from separated cream and sold to a merchant 

 in Horsens, who ships it direct to England, at a price usually 2 ore 

 over the Copenhagen quotation. All skim milk not required for 

 calf and pig feeding is made into cheese and sold to local merchants 

 at 15 to 16 ore per Danish pound = to 2d. to 2| per English 

 pound. The system of winter feeding adopted is to give besides 

 roots and fodder, 1 lb. of concentrated food for every 4 lbs. of 

 milk i)roduced by each individual cow. The steading was large 

 and commodious, with the usual thatched roofs, and the whole 

 buildings arranged in a square with large open court-yard in the 

 centre. The farm-house was of palatial proportions, and the 

 dairymaids' cottage a model of neatness and comfort. The byres 

 were roomy and in good order, and the cows were fed from a 

 passage running up the centre. In the course of inquiries as to 

 the wages of servants, conditions of labour, etc., the party were at 

 tirst staggered to learn that as many as sixty holidays are allowed 

 per annum, but on further inquiry it was elicited that fifty-two of 

 these holidays were Sundays. 



The Farm of Count Weddell in Fyen 



A short drive from Ejby station brought us to the beautiful 

 farm of Count Weddell. This was undoubtedly the largest and 

 best appointed farm we had visited. The steading itself would 

 cover at least 5 acres, and the land in connexion with the farm 

 would extend to fully 1000 acres. The splendid arrangements for 

 housing the stock (the roof of the buildings being fire-proof), and 

 the arrangements for preparing food for the animals, were much 

 admired. Here again we found the same scrupulous care bestowed 

 on the keeping of pedigree registries, milk records, etc. The stock 

 of cows, 200 in number, are all regularly tested by Professor Bang 

 and his assistants, and reacting animals are at once isolated. The 

 cows are all of the Hed Danish breed. The average milk record 

 for the past year was 7000 Danish lbs. per cow = 777 gallons 

 Imperial measure. In the case of one cow kept in the reacting 

 byre, it was explained that in one year she produced the enormous 

 total of 576 lbs. of butter. The butter fat test for the entire herd 

 for the past year was 3*8 per cent. 



A stock of 200 pigs are kept for the utilisation of skim milk, 

 whey, etc. Some splendid boars and sows of the White York- 

 shire breed were to be seen in the breeding pens. The arrange- 

 ments in these breeding pens were superb, radiators being fixed 

 between each two pens in order to keep up a uniform temperature 

 during winter, and iron bars fixed round the sides of the walls 



