12 AGRICLLTLKE OS THE KHIXE. 



fei-mer, enclose the side of the yard opposite to the dwell- 

 ing-house, at a distance sufficiently great to form a dis- 

 tinct establishment. The size of the offices is a remark- 

 able feature in all German farm-houses, from the cot of 

 the peasant to the largest castle. All the hay, and usu- 

 ally all the grain, is housed ; and the stacks to be seen 

 in the Duchy of Cleves, sometimes on the field, and oc- 

 casionally near the houses, belong also to the exceptions 

 which distinguish this district, and evince the improved 

 economy of the inhabitants. 



In the stables of such a house there is of course little 

 to distinguish them from the ordinary stables of Fi-ance 

 and England. Stall-feeding is the rule for the horned 

 cattle, but in the autuum the cows are indulged with an 

 occasional day's run on the barley-stubbles near the house. 

 The breed is chiefly Dutch, with one or two Durham 

 heifei-s intermixed. The milk finds a sale in the town 

 of Goch, and neither butter nor cheese are made for 

 market. 



How different the position of a country gentleman 

 livmg upon the revenue derived from an estate of 200 

 or 300 acres is from that of the owner of a similar pro- 

 perty in England will be evident from a few details. In 

 Germany such an estate is looked upon as something con- 

 siderable ; and if the low price of provisions, together 

 with the simple and inexpensive manners of the Germans, 

 be taken into account with the higher return drawn from 

 the land by the judicious selection of the crops, the ad- 

 vantage is certainly on the side of the German. From a 

 farm of 200 acres the revenue drawn in this part of Ger- 

 many is not less than 600/. per annum. Rye-bread at 

 Ad.y wheaten bread at bd. for the 11 -lb, loaf, and meat 



