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Land Settlement in Denmark. 



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Up water in the grip, the latter is constructed with a depression 

 at one side covered with a wooden plank, thus : — 



There is ample barn accommodation — in one case the whole 

 of the corn crop is stored under cover as it comes from the 

 field — and a good stock of implements and food-preparing 

 machinery. 



The farm house is well furnished and scrupulously clean, 

 and displays a degree of comfort and prosperity that one does 

 not find as a rule in this country on farms of the same size. 



The farmers' children, and in some cases the farmers them- 

 selves, have attended the high school and the agricultural 

 school. 



As compared with the small holdings it cannot be said that 

 the crops are heavier or the land better managed ; the cattle, 

 how ver, are bigger and in better condition, and more attention 

 is paid to the use of better sires in breeding. 



5. Climate, SoiJ and Crops. — The climate of Denmark is charac- 

 terised by comparatively mild winters and cool summers. 

 The rainfall is, on the average, about 24 in., but is very variable 

 in the different years. The country is flat to undulating, 

 sparsely wooded, and subject to winds. 



The soil for the most part is drift, consisting mainly of fine 

 sand or gravel with a Httle clay. It is light, free-working and 

 hungry, but responds readily to good treatment and plentiful 

 applications of farmyard manure. Over the islands the soil 

 closely resembles the fine black sandy soil found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Ormskirk ; in the centre of Jutland it is mainly 

 stony sand and very poor, similar to the " Bagshot " districts 

 of England. 



The character of the soil — light, free- working, yet responsive 

 — is probably one of the main factors in the success of the Danish 

 small holder. Light implements and light horses suffice, and 

 the Dane has solved the problem of the cultivation of roots — 

 the foundation of his scheme of cropping. 



An eight-year rotation is almost universally adopted. On 

 the colony previously referred to the cropping is, generally, 

 as follows : — 



