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I2/. I85. 3rf. ; 221 days' labour of men at \s. Sd., 11. 17s. Gd. ; 
20 clays' labour of women at lOd., 16s. 8d. ; harvesting, 1/. 2a' dd. ; 
rent, &c., 1/. 35. 4d Total 10/. 8s. 
The management of the cattle, and more particularly of the 
Shorthorns, has been already described on page 211 ; and a 
notice of the sheep has been given on page 221. 
The total gross produce of the farm and garden amounts to 
4750/., or an average of over 6/. 10s. per acre. The Government 
is paid as rent of the whole estate attached to Alnarp, which is 
about 1300 acres in extent, 1800 bushels of rye, 1800 bushels 
of barley, and 1800 bushels of oats; the paymen is made in 
money, and is based on the average prices of those descriptions 
of grain for the past 10 years ; it generally amounts to between 
900/. and 1000/. per annum. The college also pays the taxes 
and other burdens, which amount to about 225/. per annum. 
Nearly GOO acres of land are let to college tenants ; and the 
college receives a grant from the Government of nearly 1500/. 
per annum towards its expenses. 
A similar college is established in Norway, at Aas, south of 
Christiania. It is not necessary to describe it in detail, as its 
essential features are not unlike other establishments of the 
same nature. The Principal, Mr. Dahl, and the Professor of 
Natural History and Veterinary Science, Mr. Thesen, were ex- 
ceedingly T<ind in explaining matters to me, and in furnishing 
me with the annual reports on the work of the college. The 
farm consists of about 250 acres of arable land, in three portions, 
worked as follows : — 
A. 
1. Bare fallow, dunged. 
2. Rye. 
3. Roots, partly manured 
with artificials. 
4. Barley or oats, sown 
out. 
5. 6, 7. Grass. 
8. Oats. 
B. 
1. Bare fallow, dunged. 
2. liye or wheat. 
3. Red clover. 
4. Barley or wheat. 
5. Vetches, peas, beans, 
all cut ripe. 
6. Barley or oats. 
C. 
1. Bare fallow, dunged. 
2. Rye, sown out with 
clover and Timothy.. 
3. 4, 5, and G. Grass. 
7. Pasture. 
8. Oats. 
The cattle are partly of the Thelemark breed, partly Ayrshires, 
and partly crosses. In the year ending July 1st, 1873, IG 
Ayrshire cows gave an average of 41G gallons of milk each, 
while 27 Thelemark and cross-bred cows gave an average of 
346 gallons each. In that year the total result of the cattle- 
farming, according to the published accounts, was a loss, although 
a profit is shown on the dairy department. This is arrived at, 
however, by charging the milk to the dairy at b^d. per gallon, 
a price at which 10,000 gallons were actually bought in. I 
should not omit to mention that pleuro-pneumonia was once 
