340 JReport on the Agriculture of Dcnmarh, icith a Note on 
The cows not giving milk, the bulls, the heifers, and the calves, received 
daily the following quantities of fodder : — 
8 D. lbs. of hay equal to 7 — 8 D. lbs. best hay. 
1 skp. turnips „ 6 — 6 j „ 
i D. lb. rape-cake „ Oi — 0^ „ 
i D. lb. palm-cake „ 0^— Of „ 
li D. lbs. bran of wheat .... „ 3 — 3^ 
In all equal to 161 — 19 D. lbs. best hay. 
Later on, the older bulls received more meal. The quantity of hay, however, 
did not exceed 8 D. lbs. per day for the cows not giving milk, the bulls, and 
the older heifers ; the young bulls and the yearling heifers received only. 
6 D. lbs. of hay, and the calves about 3 D. lbs. per day. In this division there 
were, besides the four dry cows already mentioned, two old Inills (4 and 3 
years), two younger ones (I2 year), seventeen 2- and 3-3'car-old heifers, and 
eleven calves. 
These consumed :— £, s d 
3328^ D. lbs. meal, at 3sk. (= 33 cwt., at 7s.) .. .. 11 li 3 
8024 D. lbs. bran, at 2^sk. (= 80 cwt., at 5s. lOd) .. 23 4 9 
9742 D. lbs. rape-cake, at 3f sk. (= nearly 91 cwt., 
at 8s. 2d.) 44 6 
10721 D. lbs. palm-cake, at 3 sk. (= nearly 10 J cu t., 
at 7s.) 3 14 6 
Total for artificial food .. ., 42 15 0 
3611 tdr. turnips, at 40 sk. (superior) 16 14 6 
149 tdr. carrots, at 40 sk 6 18 0 
237 J tdr. turnips, at 2 marks 8 15 9 
55 loads of hay, at 6 rdr 36 13 6 
Total Ill 16 9 
Each head, large and small, in this division, thus consumed artificial footl 
to the value of 11. 3s. 6d., turnips and hay to the value of 11. 18s. 6d., or, 
altogether, fodder to the amount of 31. 2s. 
Besides the cast-cows, which are milked while they are being fattened, 
from eight to ten cattle have been annually fattened of late years. It is 
intended in future to fatten from eighteen to twenty cattle every year in two 
divisions : the first will begin during the latter part of September, so as to be 
disposed of for Christmas or January, and the second, consisting partly of 
working-oxen used in the autumn, will be put up to feed in the spring. 
During last winter (1873) three Jutland and five Swedish bullocks, and 
also one bull taken out of the herd, were fattened. During the first and 
second month the fodder was increased to — 
10 D. lbs. hay equal to 8—10 D. lbs. best hay. 
1 td. turnips (nearly 2 bushels).. „ 14 — 15 „ 
-i D. lb. rape-cake „ 2— 2^ 
2 D. lbs. palm-cake „ 4— 6 „ 
2 D. lbs. bran „ 4—0 „ 
2 D. lbs. meal „ 4—6 „ 
In all equal to 3G~43 D. lbs. best hay. 
Later on, only 2 skpr. turnips were given daily, but besides that, li D.ib. of 
linseed-cake, and in all 6 D, Ihs. meal, were given daily, and increased by 
