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Schleswig, and Holstein, or some one of them, and have never been 
in contact with cattle not so exclusively bred and fed, and have 
not within the last three months been carried at sea on any vesseL 
Cattle from Hamburg come under the regulations of the 
Fourth Schedule ; but those from Tiinning, Husum, Copenhagen, 
the new port of Esbjerg, cScc, may be exempted by such a declara- 
tion duly certified by the Consul of the port. 
An increase in the importation of Danish store-cattle cannot, 
however, be looked for until English dealers have taken the initia- 
tive in their importation : and they have hitherto, apparently, 
been deterred by the reluctance of farmers to purchase any 
foreign cattle for store purposes, no matter what their nationality, 
although the consignments of fat stock direct from the Danish 
farmer have recently very much increased. The prices mentioned 
in the course of this Report show that store-stock could be ob- 
tained at reasonable rates; and the testimony of ^lessrs. Swan 
and Sons as to the value to the butcher of crossed Shorthorn and 
Jutland oxen seems to show that the fattening of such beasts 
would leave a good margin of profit in the hands of the feeder. 
There can also be little doubt that the creation of a demand for 
store-cattle in Denmark would soon lead to a marked diminution 
of the general slaughter of newly born calves, a practice which 
strikes an Englishman as being alike wasteful and unnecessary. 
^luch of the success of such a movement as I have indicated 
would depend upon the extent to which Shorthorn-bulls are used 
in Denmark. On this point it may be said that in the Marshes 
it is almost impossible to find a bullock that can be certified as 
a pure-bred animal, and the cross is almost invariably the Short- 
horn, although not alwavs of ancient lineage. In Jutland, 
Shorthorn-crosses are not so general, but still they are often met 
with, and good Shorthorn-bulls are kept not only by large pro- 
prietors, but sometimes bv veritable "Bonder," or peasant-farmers. 
As an instance of the latter kind, through being the more un- 
usual, I will mention Mr. Trohldahl, of Graa Molle, near Aarhuus, 
whose farm is only 136 acres in extent. He keeps three Short- 
horn-bulls and twelve cows, and he charges 10s. as a covering fee 
to his neighbours. He has been getting as much as 10/. or 
11/. for his calves when three weeks old, and he finds that the 
Shorthorn-Jutland cross-breds are as large at two years old as 
the pure native beasts are at four. Nevertheless, he feeds a 
number of the latter every year, because they pay. He buys 
them when from four to five years old at lOL to 12/. per head, 
and sells them, fat, in about six months at from 22/. to 24/. each. 
He feeds 15 beasts in the summer on seeds, and 17 in winter on 
corn and cake, commencing with from 1 to 1^ lb. of cake, and 
gradually increasing the quantity to 4 or 5 lbs. 
