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T he Society attem p ts also to spread its light through
th e provinces by m eans of p o p u lar lectures.
Det Kongelige Landhuusholdningsselskab
,
o r ,
The Royal Agricu ltural Society
, founded
in 1768. F rom this Society m uch w as expected at
th e com m encem en t, and it w as h ighly favored in
th e reign of F red erik V I.
It h a s , no doubt, been
the m eans o f introducing som e im provem ents in,
and en cou rag em en t to, h u sb an d ry b y the dispersion
o f publications (n o t, how ever, o f an y g re at m erit),
th e distribution o f p rizes, the exhibition o f A g ri
cultu ral p ro d u c e , C a ttle -sh o w s, &c. ; although ro
tation o f crops, d ra in s, and ag ricu ltu ral chem istry,
a re still p ractically unknow n in D enm ark.
T h e offices of the Society are in P rindsens
P a la i on F red eriksholm s Canal.
Det danske Silke - Selskab , The Danish
S ilk Society,
founded by
Mr. Repp
and
Captn.
Hamaken
in the y e a r 1841 for the p urpose of
introducing th e
Mortis alba
into D enm ark to feed
silkw orm s.
C hristian V III., on th e representation
of the fo u n d e rs, ordered m an y th o u san d s o f m ul
b e rry trees to be sow n and planted in the royal
forests, w hich h a v e succeeded adm irab ly well.
T h is Society h a s no settled place o f m eeting:
the directors assem ble a t th e residence o f
Mr.