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was thought of it. “Itis,’ he added, “nota matter of belief, we know it is 
the right thing.” Tere is an instance where the tuberculin test is put to 
practical use, and it is worth more than all the doubting hints which some of 
our breeders throw out because they do not want the trouble to carry it out. 
Of course, pigs find an important place in the dairy farm, as they consume 
the milk which is not required by the calves. The breed is a cross between 
the English white and the Danish native, the former being from Mr. Saunders 
Spencer’s, of Holywell Manor, Hunts. There are kept two dozen sows, and 
they range in a fenced wood, except just at the time of farrowing, when they 
are taken into the house. ‘The latter isa fine, large building, very airy, and 
outside there is a good-sized yard for each sow. ‘There are means, when it 18 
necessary, to warm some of the styes. All the pigs are bred on the farm, and 
they number about 300 a year, and are sent to the slaughter-houses when they 
weigh from nine to ten score. The young pigs remain with the sows until they 
are about four or five weeks old, and are then taken away and fed with milk 
and barley until they are two months old. After this they are fed with rye 
and maize until they reach six score, when the maize is changed for barley or 
molasses, and an addition is made of whey, mangolds, and. potatoes. 
The horse stock consists of twenty-five for working purposes, ten of them 
being brood mares. The colts are sold at an age of between one and a-half 
and three years old, and they are of the Jydske breed, which belongs to Jut- 
land. ‘They are comparatively light horses for farm work, but the wagons, &e., 
are differently constructed and loaded to English, and consequently are equal 
to the calls upon them. Count Wedell has many carriage and riding horses, 
a pair of Swedish cream-coloured ponies attracting great attention. All the 
horses have undocked and long swish tails, the disfiguring process of docking 
not having yet been adopted. 
THE COPENHAGEN MILK SUPPLY. 
As to what private initiative has succeeded in accomplishing in so difficult a 
matter as the delivery of milk in large quantities and of excellent quality, the 
Copenhagen Milk Supply Company is a splendid example :—Established in 
1878 by a private company under the leadership of Mr. G. Busck, it has now 
reached a sale of about 2,000,000 gallons of milk and cream. Very few people 
have any idea of the work which had to be executed before excellent milk could 
be delivered—work which is performed daily with the utmost conscientiousness. 
The first thing necessary was to find farms, the trustworthiness of whose owners 
gaye a guarantee that the very stringent regulations drawn up by the company 
for the feeding of the cows would be scrupulously adhered to. The farms are 
subjected fortnightly to careful veterinary inspection. The veterinary surgeon 
fills up a schedule containing particulars about both the cowhouse and the 
animals, especially if any of the latter are attacked with tubercolosis or other 
disease—also how much milk the sick cows give, and what is done withit. For 
the sake of greater security, an inspector is sent round to investigate all the 
arrangements upon the farms, the condition of the cows, the quality of the 
hay and straw, whether the rules as to feeding are observed, how far the 
necessary cleanliness is maintained, what is the amount of ice kept 
in stock, &c. Besides this, a dairymaid is seut regularly to the farms to 
enforce cleanliness—more particularly during milking—and to superintend the 
cooling of the milk ; for, in order that the milk may keep during its conveyance 
to the company’s central establishment at Frederiksberg, it is necessary that it 
should be cooled down to 5 degrees Celsius before leaving the various farms. 
Recognising the great value of tuberculin in fighting against tuberculosis, and 
wishing in this way to diminish as much as possible the ultimate danger of 
infection conveyed through milk, the company, after consultation with Professor 
Bang, decided that the contractors to the company must have all calves intended 
for rearing inoculated with tuberculin. If an infectious disease breaks out 
upon a farm or in the house of a person who assists in looking after the cows, 
the case must be reported at once. The milk will then be retained at the 
