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Agriculture of Denmark. 
the il\vellino;-house ; in this door is always to be iouiid a large 
pane of o-lass, which enables the farmers to observe everything- 
going on in the " Diele." 
constructed upon an improved sy: 
The use of stacks is the exception rather than the rule, pro- 
bably from want of practical knowledge how to build them. In 
years of rich harvest they are to be met with, because the barns 
are then too confined to hold the corn ; but they are so badly 
constructed and insufficiently protected against weather or A er- 
min that it is generally calculated that corn from the stack 
will weigh two pounds less per barrel (about four bushels) 
than that in the barn. In Holstein, where the climate more 
resembles that of northern Germany, and is consequently more 
rigorous, stacks are still less in use. 
The social condition of the yeople of Denmark has been much 
improved since a free constitution was granted in 1848. Every 
subject of the State now enjoys a direct influence on the affairs 
of the country, which has proved of groat importance to the 
agriculturists, who, to a great extent, now have it in their power 
to remove those hindrances which, by earlier law, have been 
placed in the way of husbandry. The financial state of the 
country has also been made more secure, for no taxes or imposts, 
can now be levied without the sanction of the representatives, so 
that it is impossible for any government, however arbitrary in 
other matters, to assess the population bevond its fair means of 
payment. The election-laws of the country seem, however, 
based on too extended a principle to secure to the Diet a 
sufficient number of members belonging to the better-educated 
classes. 
The taxes may be thus divided : — 
1. The royal taxes, required to defray the expenses of the 
Government in general, the defence of the country, the univer- 
sities, schools, &c. 
