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4. Size of Holdlngr and Its Equipment. — 



Size. Number. Total Area. 



7 acres and under .. ..• 116,614 239,604 acres. 



7 to Hi acres .. .. 16,988 159,832 



Hi 22I „ .. .. 28,992 473.598 „ 



22I „ 33i •• •• 17.723 496.962 „ 



33i 67J .. .. 35.257 1.752.121 „ 



67J 135 •• 25,615 2.346,295 ,r 



135 ,, 270 .. .. 6,502 1,169,484 „ 



270 „ 540 •• 1.570 574.946 



540 and over . . . . 822 964,327 ,, 



250,083 8,177,169 acres. 

 Average size of holding = 30 acres (approx.) 



In the old days Denmark was divided into large estates, 

 much the same as in this country, The process of sub-division 

 had begun in the i8th century, and the disastrous war of 1864, 

 followed by the disappearance of profit from corn-growing, 

 accentuated the process. At the present time over 90 per cent, 

 of the Danish farmers own the land they farm. 



Of State small holdings there appear to be about 9,000 of an 

 average size of about 9 acres. 



We were able to visit a colony of 17 State small holdings near 

 Ringsted, in Seeland, which had been parcelled out of a farm 

 12 years ago. In size they vary from 5 J to 27 acres, with an 

 average of about 12 acres. 



Each holding is a separate unit with its own complete set of 

 buildings, and the land is conveniently arranged around the 

 buildings. Each has access to a good road. 



The Buildings are substantial and well kept up ; they are 

 built of brick and roofed with tiles or, occasionally, thatch. 

 The dwelling-house consists, as a rule, of two sitting-rooms, 

 kitchen, scullery, and two bedrooms, with floor above. Water 

 is laid on from a supply on the estate worked by a windmill, 

 and in charge of one of the small holders. The outbuildings 

 consist of two, sometimes three, wings situated behind the 

 dwelling-house, and comprise cow-house, stable, piggery, barn 

 and store. The cow-house and stable and sometimes the 

 piggery are usually under one roof. All are provided with 

 concrete tanks for liquid manure^ and most of them with open, 

 concrete dung-steads. 



Stock. — A typical 11 -acre holding possesses 3 cows (4 in 

 normal times), 3 to 6 young stock (calves and heifers), i sow or 

 2 or 3 store pigs (before the War such a holding delivered to 

 the bacon factory from 10 to 20 pigs annually), from 10 to 40 



