Farming in Denmark
Denmark lies northwest of Europe, the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries. Officially Kingdom of Denmark. It is bounded on the north by the Skagerrak, an arm of the North Sea; on the east by the Kattegat (an extension of the Skagerrak). Also by the Øresund (The Sound) a strait linking the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea; on the south by the Baltic Sea, a strait called the Fehmarn, and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; and on the west by the North Sea. Denmark comprises most of the Jutland, or Jylland, peninsula, which extends about 338 km in a north and south direction, and numerous islands in the Baltic and North seas. The principal islands, lying between the mainland and Sweden, are Fyn, Lolland, Sjaelland (English Zealand), Falster, Langeland, and Møn. About 130 km to the east of Sjaelland, in the Baltic, is the Danish island of Bornholm. Far to the northwest of Jutland, in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Shetland Islands and Iceland, lie the Faeroe Islands, a group of 18 islands, part of Denmark since 1948; and near the North American mainland, between the North Atlantic and the Arctic oceans, is the island of Greenland, an integral part, from 1953, of the Danis . . .
During the Middle Ages, many new settlements appeared in the forest areas that had previously escaped clearing. 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 Denmark has a small open economy highly dependent on foreign trade and therefore a strong interest in the free exchange of goods and services across its borders. This, along with the reclamation of the heaths in Jutland, led to the number of holdings being doubled over the course of the century. Increasing numbers of huge, uniform fields have appeared because of mechanisation, resulting in a much less varied landscape. During this time, Man, through his activities, has radically transformed the landscape by clearing forests, cultivating land and building settlements. During the last decades of the 19th century, farming underwent a complete transformation; the emphasis shifted from the production of bread grain to the cultivation of forage crops for the growing livestock production. The development of public budgets is therefore highly dependent on the development of economic activity and accordingly public finances improved markedly in the boom years. The prevailing natural conditions, the mild Atlantic climate and the flat terrain has encouraged the extended usage of the Danish landscape, including the intensive farming all over the country. As far as field work was concerned, this new arrangement proved a great deal more efficient; a number of advances in farming techniques were also introduced from the middle of the 19th century, including the transition from the wheel plough to the swing plough, the introduction of clover in the grassland and meadows, and new draining and marling techniques. The village areas in the east of Denmark, where land was divided into small plots, took on a new character with the enclosure, the introduction of freeholds and the spread of habitations, particularly in larger villages. ……… .
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