the Farming of the Duchies of Schleswifj and Holsteia. 377 
The system of building cottages in pairs is very general in 
Denmark as it is with us, and the above example is by no means 
below the average of the old-fashioned style of cottage. The 
new style of cottage, which is now being built on the best- 
managed estates, is a great improvement upon them, as may 
be gathered from the annexed ground-plan (Fig. 14) of a pair 
which I saw at Mr. Tesdorpf's, on the island of Falster. Part 
of the loft above was partitioned off as a second bedroom. 
Fig. 14. — Plan of a pair of Labourers' Cottages on Mr. Tesdorpfs 
Farm at Ourupgaard, Falster. 
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Mr. Tesdorpf has the welfare of his labourers sincerely at 
heart, and has exerted himself in many ways for their benefit. 
Amongst other things, he has established a co-operative store in 
the village ; all the villagers are shareholders, and those who 
cannot afford to pay money down for their shares, may purchase 
them by allowing their modicum of profit to accumulate until it 
amounts to the required sum. The dividend has generally been 
between 7 and 8 per cent. In the same village and under the 
same patronage is a benefit society, which includes amongst its 
objects sick pay, and the securing of medical attendance during 
illness. Men pay ^d. per week, and their wives half that 
amount, to secure medical attendance and an allowance of A^d. 
per day during illness, and larger amounts for a proportionate 
payment. The village-school is attended by ninety scholars, 
and the schoolmaster is not behind the rest of the community 
in his successful devotion to agricultural pursuits. 
Ourupgaard must, however, be regarded as a model, rather 
than a typical, Danish village. In Denmark every person in 
indigent circumstances has a legal right to poor-relief, and to 
medical aid in sickness. The system of administrating relief 
