The Newtown bee., 1895-09-13
FARMING IN HIGH ATTITUDES.
LETTER FROM DENMARK.

FARMING IN HIGH LATITUDES.
 A LETTER FROM DENMARK.
 It is mid-harvest on both sides of the Sound, or, should say, more than that on the island of Eunen, which is the most fertile part of this little kingdom the part, too, where rents are highest, the farmers best off, and where almost the wheat north of the Duchies is raised. Of course the upper .part of Jutland, consisting mostly of sand dunes, does not count at all and one wonders why Hjerring and Frederikshavn managed to get get themselves set down there. Rye gains foothold wherever cultivation is possible; it is now all in shocks, stand ing in the fields, and would have been stored in the barns but for the drench- ing rains which have prevailed in vest ern Europe. Even then, some time is allowed to harden off before any of it is ground, and country mill (wind power with auxiliary steam) which I saw at Hillerod in North Zealand, yesterday,
 was still working on old stuff, which is in extremely short supply everywhere. These said rains have played havoc
 with the barley crop (both here and in southern Sweden), and there will be more light grain produced than has been the case for years. Best Danish'' is
 very good barley indeed; most of Guin- Ioc o3 fov v,ra1.,of nd | the price makes relatively,high average l in Mark Lane. But when these dashing rains come few weeks before harvest, | and level the fields, in many cases as | with roller, the costs of harvesting fare | increased, and the quality of the grain is
 unequal and disappointing. No people
 are more painstaking in respect to choice of seed than the Danes ,and their govern
 ment well fosters a distinguishing care
 in this respect. Then although the days
 are swelteringly hot from eleven to two
 o'clock, the nights already get keen, the
 stars shine out with great brilliancy, and
 early night frosts cannot be altogether
 unlocked for-all this preventing a
 kindly ripening. Where this cereal has been already cut, it is neatly sheaved l (plenty of Woods lf-binding reapers
 are on larger farms) and carefully set
 up in shocks, with an inverted cap.sheaf
 to cast of the rain, and to keep all the
 rest snug and safe. Where extra care is
 taken-and I saw this on the smaller
 holdings in Skania-a long stake is placed
 upright, and firm centre is thus obtained
 for all sorts of wind or weather.
 l Happily the clover crop, on which they so greatly depend (for there is not
 ground enough to spare for permanent
 grass or pasture) was we'll got; and the
 second crop is all that can be desired,
 rich, luscious, and good living indeed, for the animals that appear to be all
 doing we'll upon it. Tethered every
 creature is that gets the advantage of so great mouthful; swaste not, want
 not," is the motto everywhere, and even
 the horses get used to this way of having
 their living provided. An eyable thing
 it is to look on row of score of red
 cows, all fastened in line and cropping just the portion of ground assigned to them. They are educated to it from calfhood, and are spared the waste of vital force that roaming about entails; the portion allotted is fresh, sweet, and the animals seem to have sense enough never to soil it. but to fall back as the rope allows, on the previously gfazed portion. Still, when the weather is thundery, and the gadfiy busy, it is no agreeable sight to notice some of the cows rushing round, as on circus course, but with tail aloft and other symptoms of discomfort. I have seen sheep also grazing thus as they are most generally fastened in pairs the rope be- ing forked within few feet of it's ex- tremity. The economy in fences is ap- parent but need not add that the sys- tenn is best adapted for good full crops and would be far less suitable for poor region. Milk or rather it's products still forms one of the staple articles of Dan- ish export, and the butter in particular, holds good place in the London mar kets, no pains being spared to give uni 1 formity of yield, fineness of finish. and l great speed in placing fresh on the con- sumer's breakfast table.
 have said that the Danish govern ment gives helping hand to the farmer in every way possible. The country is to be we'll represented at the Internation- al Congress of Agriculture, which is to be held at Brussels from the Sth to the 16th of September. The work of the congress will be divided into 12 sections, agricultural education, agri- cultural scicnce, agricultural associa- tions, including cooperation, legislation and administration. the monetary situa- tion, production of animals, veterinary medicine, vegetable production, econom- ic forestry, pisciculture and agricultural 
 Socially, there Is much to be noted here. In proportion to her population, Denmark is richer than any other copn- ny in Europe, with the sole exception of England. Proportlonally, the circula- ion of newspapers Is larger than in any ,ther country in Europe. Her peasant 2 lass Ia among the best educated in the world. Mors than I50 900 of her agri- 2 2 ultnral laboress own houses and land, m only about DO IT tlle1p do ndt