SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE. 
type. It must be confessed that up to this time the Red Dane had on 
appearances been rather disappointing, though even in the largest herds 
the records showed very creditable and profitable returns. 
Mr. Pedersen’s farm was thoronghly inspected. His 80 odd aeres 
of cultivated land carry thirty-seven head of large stock (including 
four working horses) and ten pigs, though the normal number of the 
latter is forty. He employs an overseer and three permanent hands 
and an equal number of Polish girls during the busier season. One 
field is devoted to experimental work, and a great deal of the cropping 
is for seed production. Mr. Pedersen showed with justifiable pride a 
small area of mangels estimated to yield about a ton of seed per acre 
and carrots promising half that return. And the war prices for carrot 
seed in particular have been fabulous. It is probably correct to say 
that the increase was one-hundred fold. Much the same applies in 
the case of home-grown tobacco. These abnormal prices have rather 
disturbed the ordinary course of Danish farming, and it is still ap- 
parently a little doubtful as to how things are going to settle down 
again. 
For the rest Mr. Pedersen follows the ordinary eight-course rota- 
tion, though in place of the grass mixture lucerne is substituted. This 
is general in Langeland, and at the Foedel Count’s farm in particular 
some fine paddocks of lucerne were seen. Here it is left for three 
years, being sown with oats or barley and ploughed up after three 
years to go back into wheat. Hungarian seed is preferred, but. Italian, 
which must now be employed, is fairly satisfactory for a three years’ 
stand. A great deal of hay is made, but the lucerne also provides the 
major part of whatever summer grazing the stock get. The effect of 
this was the subject of special inquiry, and Mr. Koch (the Foedal ~ 
Count’s inspector or farm manager) was emphatic. In spite of the 
quick and uniform feeding off insured by the tethering system, still, 
cutting does give better returns, and is better for the “stand.” 
To describe even the part of the Foedal Count’s estate seen would 
‘be a work in itself. In the village under the shadow of the castle is 
a small private agricultural school, the students working on the main 
farm for the most of their time. There is-an officer of the State 
Department of Agriculture residing on the estate. This gentleman 
seemed to be there to watch and study on behalf of the Government the 
experimental work being carried out by the estate. As far as the latter 
was concerned he did not seem to function even in an advisory capacity. 
Among other work in progress there were shown three herds of 
dairy stock undergoing a comprehensive test: There were a pure 
Jersey herd (the first examples of any foreign breed met with), a pure 
Red Danish, and a first cross herd. The general impression gained of 
the results to date was that the Jerseys were giving inferior returns to 
the Red Danes, while the cross came third. Possibly there was some 
misunderstanding here. In any case some very interesting informa- 
tion and opinions were heard on this point later. _— 
The dairy, situated some miles from the castle, is run: on strictly 
commercial lines, but with its tiled interior, and the scrupulous clean- 
liness which its rules enforce, can be likened almost to an operating 
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