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from the dead weights at the time of slaughter, were as 

 follows : The feeding with maize had good results. The 

 course of the experiment seemed to show that by gradually 

 and carefully accustoming the animals to moderate rations 

 of this feeding stuff, pigs, even of four months old, can be 

 successfully fattened on maize. It would appear also that 

 rather better results were attained with the uncooked maize 

 than with this cereal in a scalded state. As regards the 

 whey, the results were more uncertain, and the point 

 requires further elucidation The experiment with brewers^ 

 grains was also inconclusive, as the weight of the two 

 animals of the fourth pair differed considerably from each 

 other. The fact, however, that the average dead weight ot 

 this pair upon slaughter was noticeably lower (propor- 

 tionately to the live weight) than that of the first and second 

 pairs, would seem to indicate that the brewers' grains were 

 inferior to the maize and skim-milk. 



Agricultural Education in Denmark. 



The French Consular Agent at Nyborg states, in the 

 'French Bulletin du Minister e de I' Agriculture for March, 1897, 

 that agricultural education in Denmark may be said to owe 

 its origin to Major-General F. F. von Classen, who, towards 

 the end of the last century, bequeathed a considerable sum 

 for the foundation of an agricultural school for young 

 peasants. Such a school was opened in 1800 at Noesgaard 

 (in the Island of Falster), but no work was undertaken at the 

 time owing to lack of pupils. It was re-opened in 1849, ^^^^ 

 still exists. 



The agricultural schools, may, generally speaking, be 

 divided into three classes : (i) schools providing both 

 theoretical and practical instruction ; (2) schools offering 

 mainly theoretical with but little practical instruction ; and 

 (3) purely theoretical schools. 



Of the first type there is but a single example — that of 

 Noesgaard — which commenced work in 1849. This takes 

 about twenty pupils, sons of peasants, and the course of 

 instruction lasts two years. It has a farm of about 400 acres 



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