the Farming of the Duchies of Schlesicig and Ilolstein. 363 
Before concluding this somewhat imperfect sketch of the 
meat-husbandry of Denmark Proper, I will give a short outline 
of a farm on which sheep are bred and fed for the English 
market ; not only because it is of interest as showing what may 
be done with sheep in a country where, as is general on the 
Continent, it is not a popular animal of the farm, except with the 
labourer, but also as an example of land which has recently been 
brought into cultivation. 
The farm of Rosvang, belonging to Mr. Inspector Buus, 
situated near Thisted, in North Jutland, comprises rather more 
than 1700 acres, of which not more than 1360 have yet been 
brought into cultivation. The land was formerly covered by a 
lake, but nine or ten years ago the water was drained off by 
means of a canal. Immediately after the reclamation, the land 
was laid down to grass without a crop ; and about 800 acres of 
the most productive portion still remain in pasture, generally of 
a rough character, on a peaty and more or less water-logged soil. 
Two rotations of cropping are adopted on the remaining land, 
which was broken up, as it did not answer in grass. On the 
poorer marly land the shift is one of five years, namely : (1) 
Turnips and some carrots, or peas, sometimes beans, where the 
land is strong enough ; (2) Oats sown out with clover and rye- 
grass ; (3 and 4) Grass; (5) Barley. This land requires to be 
well manured, and farmyard-dung is therefore applied for the 
three tillage-crops. The other rotation is of four years, the suc- 
cession being: (1) Turnips, (2) Oats, (3) Barley, and (4) Wheat, 
which is remarkable as inverting the order in which the cereals 
are generally taken in Continental countries. The land in this 
case contains a large amount of decayed organic matter, and the 
manure given for the turnips consists of 3 cwt. of superphosphate 
per acre, in addition to dung ; the oats are not manured, but 
farmyard-manure is applied to the land for barley, and 3 cwt. of 
superphosphate per acre to the wheat course. 
Three hundred head of cattle are kept, chiefly of the Angeln 
breed. They comprise 180 cows, of which one-fifth go out every 
year ; and at the time of my visit there were also 36 old cows 
being fattened, 12 two-year-old. heifers (the latest dropped of their 
year), 36 yearlings, and 36 calves. The young cattle go out in 
April, and the cows in the middle of May, remaining on the 
grass until November, and the calves are generally dropped about 
the following month. The winter allowance for each cow is 
25 cwt. of hay and 11 to 12 cwt. of corn, with about 40 bushels 
of turnips, mixed with some carrots. Mr. Buus would prefer 
mangolds, as turnips do not improve the butter, but in his 
climate he has found it impossible to grow mangolds to advan- 
tage. The cast-cows get a larger quantity of turnips, and a daily 
