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Agriculture of Denmark. 
export of fish, whereas from 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 pounds of 
salted, smoked, or dried fish, are annually imported, principally 
from the Faro islands and from Iceland. A considerable quan- 
tity of fish is annually sent from hence to Prussia, not of native 
produce, but principally in transit from Norway, &c. 
Bees. — In 1838 there existed in Denmark Proper 85,000 bee- 
hives, and about the same number in the duchies, where more 
care was bestowed on them than in the kingdom. Most atten- 
tion was formerly paid to the bees on the east coast and on the 
heaths of the peninsula, where the wild flowers and the buck- 
wheat afforded them a suitable nourishment. Each yeoman has 
generally a couple of ill-made hives, which he manages badly, in 
the old-fashioned way. But the great interest of late created in 
Germany by the treatment of bees by Mr. Dzierzons (a clergy- 
man in Silesia) has fortunately awakened a similar feeling in 
this country ; in the keeping of bees great improvement may 
therefore be looked for by the introduction of Mr. Dzierzons' system, 
Tlie annual export from the Danish monarchy averages 
45,000 to 50,000 English pounds of honey (whereof 16,000 to 
18,000 pounds to England), about 110,000 pounds of wax (of 
which only 400 or 500 pounds to England), and 10,200 gallons 
of mead, of which nearly all goes to Norway. 
Iron. — Denmark has no mines, but near the bogs, especially 
in Jutland, a ferruginous ore is to be met with at a depth of 
one to two feet ; it is said to contain fi'om 30 to 50 per cent, of 
iron, and is called " Mose-ahl " (bog-metal). Earlier, when 
communication with foreign countries was attended with diffi- 
culty, this ore was used by the yeomen for smelting purposes, 
but never in larger manufactories. From old deeds of convey- 
ance and other documents it is seen that taxes were frequently 
paid with this ore. About twenty years ago an attempt was 
made to use it on a larger scale, and it was found to yield 26 
per cent, of iron, easily smelted, suitable for cast, but not for 
wrought iron. The experiment failed, and since then no notice 
has been taken of the ore. 
Amber is washed up on the Danish coasts, but, in most places, 
in very small pieces and quantities, and of late not so frequently 
as earlier. On the west coast of Jutland, however, it is gathered 
in stormy weather in such quantities that its collection proves 
remunerative ; the annual value of the produce inav be stated at 
about 800/. 
Of other mineral produce met with in the Danish monarchy 
may be named gypsum, from Segeberg in llolstein, where 6000 
to 7000 barrels are annually obtained. Cement-stone is found on 
Bornholm as well as lime-stone ; the latter, when polished, re- 
sembles black marble 
