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The fall in prices is indicated by the following Index 

 numbers according to Sauerbeck. ^ 



Vegetable food. 1 Animal food. 



Danish agriculture felt this very severely. But as the 

 reduction in price was considerably greater in vegetable food 

 than in animal food, and as the price of corn was the first to 

 be affected, while it took some years before it was found 

 practicable to ship perishable animal products from far countries 

 to the markets in Europe, the inducement lo accelerate the 

 change from corn growing to dairy farming was considerable. 

 And right pluckily and resolutely did Danish agriculture effect 

 the change, which was accomplished before the end of the 

 eighties. 



The change of system is seen in three directions : the live 

 stock was increased ; the yield of the different kinds of corn 

 was increased ; the export and import of produce changed 

 character. The number of domestic animals were : — ^ 



Sheep, 

 1000. 



1871 

 1881 

 1893 



1842 

 1549 

 1247 



Hand in hand with this increase w^ent an impni^d feeding 

 of the animals. The home-grown corn was insufficient, con- 

 sequently an import sprang up of maize from America, barley 

 from the Black Sea, oiLcates from many different places, bran, 

 and other feeding stuffs. 



The increased production of better manure resulted in larger 

 yield of corn.^ 



^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 

 « See Appendix II., Table 10. 

 » See Appendix II., Table 9. 



