. The Farm-poultry. les from the pleasingtown of Xakslov, also in Laalaml, situated in a beanti-liil country, well woo<led and highly cultivated, whereliarley and sirgar beet are extensively grown, is the larg-est poultry farm in Denmark. This is owned by a largeproprietor, (irev Kewentlow, who farms aboirt acres, and lias a sugar factory on the poultry farm was established nine years ago, and onit are kept 1,700 laying hens anti .WO breeders, chieflyBrown Leghorns, but a cross with the Plymouth Bock iskept for sitters, as incubators are not employed. Inaddition ther
. The Farm-poultry. les from the pleasingtown of Xakslov, also in Laalaml, situated in a beanti-liil country, well woo<led and highly cultivated, whereliarley and sirgar beet are extensively grown, is the larg-est poultry farm in Denmark. This is owned by a largeproprietor, (irev Kewentlow, who farms aboirt acres, and lias a sugar factory on the poultry farm was established nine years ago, and onit are kept 1,700 laying hens anti .WO breeders, chieflyBrown Leghorns, but a cross with the Plymouth Bock iskept for sitters, as incubators are not employed. Inaddition there are about 100 cross Aylesbury and Pekinducks. The Leghorns are very good in quality, but, asis the case throughout Denmark, thej are small in sizeof body when compared with English, but it is realizedthat this is necessary lor prolificacy. The average eggproduction is not so high as might be exjiected, namely,180 per annum for Brown Leghorns, and 110 per annumfor crosses, but trap nesting has not been adopted, and. harm\ard at 5adlngegaard, Denmark. elsewhere. It is a mod! establishment, which showsthe highest type of development, although not on alarge enough scale to provide a profitable living to anyone dependent upon it. As a breeding center its influ-ence is considerable, although the egg yield is not sohigh as at other places. S.^).—III the south of Laaland, near to thelittle town of Rodby, is the estate of Sadingegaanl,owned by Hofjagerniester Brnn, a gentleman who farnisa thousand acres, and has a splendidly eqtiipped dairyof over 200 cows. II<? is a member of the Koyal Agri-cultural Society of Englaml, and takes a great amountof .iiterest in the promotion of Danish agriculture, inclu- consequently .-•?election is more by appearance than actualrecord. To improVe the stock, nsale binis are boughtfrom heavy layinir strains. For instance, I was showna flock of thirty Brown U-ghorn cockerels bought froma breeding center, thu mothers of which had all laid
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