352 Rej>ort on the Agriculture of Denmark, icitli a Note on 
The home-farm comprises nearly 1400 acres, and is surrounded 
by an estate of peasant-farms, which are gradually being pur- 
chased by their occupiers on easy terms, as the proprietor 
encourages his tenants to purchase their holdings. 
The home-farm, or Hovedgaard, at Ourupgaard, is near 
Nykjobing, and consists of very fertile land, as does most of 
the island. There is no permanent grass, but the shift, which is 
•of seven years, includes two years' seeds, as follows: — (1) Bare 
Fallow ; (2) Wheat ; (3) Barley, sometimes Oats ; (4) Green- 
crops and Pulse, viz., turnips, beans, and peas ; (5) Oats, some- 
times Barley; (6) and (7) Seeds, mown and grazed according, 
to circumstances. The herd consists of 220 Angeln cows of 
the best type, one-seventh being drafted every year. All the 
calves are reared ; the best are selected for the herd, and the 
remainder find a ready sale at a few weeks old to the neighbour- 
ing farmers, as they are of much better quality than the common 
cattle of the country. Improvement has been one of Mr. 
Tesdorpf 's chief objects in farming ; and, in the selection of his 
calves for keeping up the herd, he has been eminently suc- 
cessful in attaining the object which he had in view, namely, 
their improvement as dairy cattle. His books have been kept 
with scrupulous care and minuteness, and show that the average 
production of butter and cheese per cow for periods of 10 years, 
-during which the herd has ranged from 175 to 220 head, has 
been as follows : — 
Year. 
Butter in 
English lbs. 
ptr Cow, 
Cheese in 
English lbs. 
per Cow. 
1841 
88-84 
93-d 
Tea years eudiiig — 
18.51 
18G1 
1S71 
137 -05 
171-25 
190-27 
157-63 
19G-9 
253-22 
• 
Year. 
1872 
1873 
1874 
215-22 
210-1 
200-2 
300 -G 
275- 
220-1 
On an a\ erage the cows yield about 700 gallons of milk per 
head per annum. After the lirst calf they yield 100 gallons 
less than this ; and they are at their best when about G or 7 
years old. Cows drop their calves at 3 years old, and Mr. 
Tesdorpf has found this system more profitable than earlier 
breeding. The total produce of each cow now, including butter, 
cheese, and swine, he reckons at an average of nearly 20/. per 
annum. 
