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Agriculture of Denmark. 
as a place of shipment direct to Great Britain. Upon exa- 
mining tlie question, it lias appeared to me that if the " Gude- 
naa " or even the " East Coast " line of railway were extended 
to Eallum (on the west coast of Sleswig), and a harbour were 
built there, a considerable direct trade with England must be the 
consequence, and prove of very great advantage to both countries, 
at the same time that the politico-commercial question of too 
close intercourse with Hamburg or Germany would be evaded. 
I have been told that it would be difficult to build a harbour at 
Ballum, in consequence of want of depth of water ; but this \ 
doubt : if, however, this should prove the case, then a dyke, like 
those along the marshes, might during ebb-tides be built from 
the coast of Sleswig across to the island of Romo (distant 8^- 
English miles), with a railway from the mainland to the centre 
of the island, and thence to its south-east part, where its natural 
bend would materially assist in the formation of a harbour. No 
doubt this would be an expensive undertaking, but I think it 
could not fail to prove remunerative in the course of time. 
The attention of the Jutland farmer would by such direct 
communication be drawn, even more than at present, to England 
as a market for his produce, especially cattle. A considerable 
number of catt'le is already exported from Jutland via Hamburg 
to England, as will appear further on. One of the reasons for 
this indirect traffic is, that the Jutland farmer is not sufficiently 
acquainted with the preparing and sorting of cattle for the 
English market, and leaves this branch of the trade to the Ham- 
burg dealer. A still greater number of Jutland cattle, after 
having been fatted in the marshes, is exported via Husum oi' 
Tonning to England. But the great drawback to this trade lies 
in the fact that the Jutland farmer, having no railways, is obliged 
to drive his lean cattle for a long distance to be fatted on the 
marshes, at a loss of 1/. 10s. per head ; which loss would be still 
greater in the case of a fat ox. As soon as the Jutland farmer 
understands how to sort and prepare his cattle for the English 
market, when he has had time to form a breed that shall not be 
rejected there, and finally, when he can send his fat cattle by- 
rail to a place of shipment, then a steady, direct, and profitable 
trade cannot fail to be established with England. 
Farm-Buildings. 
Generally the Danish farmer, both the large and the small 
proprietor, appears to have but an indifferent idea of building- 
appropriately and cheaply, and fails to select the proper relative 
position for tlie different buildings — such as stables, granaries, 
barns, &c. This branch of agricultural knowledge has made the 
least advance, and still follows the old traditions. The buildings 
