. The earth and its inhabitants .. . -Cattle â Pi^s Sheep exported. Jylland especially, as a stock-breeding country, has prospered. The large cattle of Thy are highly esteemed both for their milk and the rapidity with which they fatten for the market in the rich pastures of the peninsula. Denmark has altogether the largest relative number of horned cattle of any European state, and is also exceptionally rich in swine and sheep. There are some very large estates in Denmark, and those of the nobility and hereditary proprietors enjoyed till recently many privileges. The peasantry are still divide
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . -Cattle â Pi^s Sheep exported. Jylland especially, as a stock-breeding country, has prospered. The large cattle of Thy are highly esteemed both for their milk and the rapidity with which they fatten for the market in the rich pastures of the peninsula. Denmark has altogether the largest relative number of horned cattle of any European state, and is also exceptionally rich in swine and sheep. There are some very large estates in Denmark, and those of the nobility and hereditary proprietors enjoyed till recently many privileges. The peasantry are still divided into three classes : the gaanimÅnd, whose lands pay a tax of more than a ton (3f bushels) of hard corn ; the liuusmÅnd, owners of one house and paying a smaller tax than the foregoing ; and the indcntcr, residing with others. But small proprietors are the rule, and most of the peasantry are in
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