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from tbo same establishment. This is sold at 75. 6c?. per cwt., 
and appears to have met with approval. Mr, Owen informs 
me that he sold 3000 tons (English) in 1857, at 8/. per ton. 
Guano has only of late been tried (it sells at 15s. 9(/. per cwt.), 
but does not seem to have given satisfaction, probably because 
the quality imported is inferior and mixed. From the little 
favour which artificial manures have met with in Denmark, 
either on account of the average good quality of the soil, or 
from want of skill in their application, one good has resulted, 
namely, the greater attention which has been paid to the home 
supply of manure, and consequently to the fatting of cattle, &c. 
A large quantity of corn, formerly sold, is now used as food, 
and thus indirectly transformed into butchers' meat, butter, &c. ; 
if the sale of such corn gave a greater direct return, nevertheless 
the additional manure on the land, and its consequent increased 
productiveness, will ultimately prove more advantageous. 
The Products of Danish Agriculture. 
Horses. — From the earliest times Denmark has been renowned 
for its excellent horses, and formerly the cavalry of many 
countries was supplied from hence ; even now the export of 
horses is of great importance to the husbandman, although it has 
decreased in comparison with earlier times, probably because the 
breed of horses abroad has improved, and that of Denmark 
degenerated. The most valuable properties of the horse of this 
country are beauty, strength, and constitutional hardiness ; it is 
easily fed, but cannot compete with the Arab or the thorough- 
bred English horse. When horse-racing was introduced into- 
Denmark some twenty years ago, the horse of this country had 
no chance against those brought from England or Germany. An 
attempt was made to improve its speed by a cross with English 
race-horses, but the result was a loss of strength and hardiness. 
Later the Government, as well as private individuals, have en- 
deavoured to improve the native horse by a cross with the York- 
shire coach-horse, and since 1852 a stud of forty stallions of this 
race has been kept at Kolding in Jutland. Opinions vary much 
here as to their influence on the breed of the country, and 
although they must prove valuable in districts where there is a 
scarcity of native stallions, yet this will scarcely be the case in 
the country at large, as their requirements, comparatively speak- 
ing, are too great ; moreover, the climate does not appear to suit 
them, and their prime cost is too high. 
The qualifications of the Danish horse differ materially in the 
various provinces, in consequence of the mode of treatment adopted. 
In Jutland, especially in the northern districts, in the neighbour- 
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