270 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
23 inches for several consecutive days. The corn- limit is mea- 
sured by this species. 
Oat (Avena sativa, L. “ Havre”).—Is the most commonly 
cultivated. Itis not grown quite so far north as barley, neither 
does it grow at so great an altitude. On an average, it requires 
about three weeks longer to ripen than barley. 
Of all the cereals, oats are the most generally cultivated : 
according to the last census they composed 55°8 per cent. of the 
whole corn produce of the country. Comparatively, a very small 
quantity is used for horses. By far the greatest part is employed 
for human food; partly, in an unfermented sort of bread called 
““Flad-brod,” which in shape resembles the “oat-cake” of the 
north, and partly in porridge. A great quantity of mixed corn 
is grown, as much as 14 per cent. of the whole produce of the 
country. It consists of a mixture of oats and barley, and is very 
generally used for porridge. 
In years of scarcity it was formerly not unusual to mix oatmeal 
with the bark of certain trees to eke out the supply. It may 
readily be imagined what a deleterious effect such food must have 
had upon the human frame. 
Rye (Secale cereale, L. “ Rug’’).—Winter rye is most gene- 
rally preferred by farmers to summer rye. The former will ripen 
as far north as lat. 69° 34’, the latter as 69° 3’. They will both 
grow nearly at the same altitude as barley. According to the 
last census, rye composed 4°7 per cent. of the whole corn produce 
of the country. 
Wueat (Triticum vulgare, L. “ Hvede ”).— Different sorts of 
summer and winter wheat are cultivated; the latter is, however, 
most generally used. Hitherto, wheat has not been grown in 
fields further north than lat. 64° 40’. According to the last cen- 
sus it composed 1°4 per cent. of the whole corn produce of the 
country. Summer wheat has been known to ripen near Chris- 
tiania in 75 days. ‘The average time for the interval between 
sowing and the ripening of the corn for the south of Norway is 
about 110 to 120 days. Near the little town of Bodd, lat. 67°, 
there is an agricultural school, probably the most northerly in 
the world. In 1860 an experiment was made there with 
summer wheat: it ripened in 120 days from the time of sowing. 
