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Calculating after the number of reindeer which each Lap 

 in Lulea Lapland owned (120), and allowing the same num- 

 ber to every Lap who owns them, which I think we can 

 safely do, we may reckon the number of reindeer in the 

 whole country as 110,000. 



The dairy produce of a cow in England, according to 

 Agardth, may be reckoned at least double that of a Swedish 

 cow, and the two millions of horned cattle which are yearly 

 slaughtered in Britain leave an average weight of meat 

 of 588 lb., while the Swedish horned cattle which are 

 slaughtered certainly do not on an average give more than 

 190 lb. of meat each. And this may be the case as the 

 cows are usually managed ; but it has been proved by trials 

 and all the best practical men with whom I have spoken on 

 this subject, have given it as their opinion that with proper 

 food and proper care, the little Swedish cows will give more 

 milk in this country at a less cost than a large English cow 

 will, if both are fed properly. There is no doubt, however, 

 that the English breed of pigs and sheep are far better, and 

 pay much better here than the Swedish, for on Gardsjo Mr. 

 Stenstrom has told me that he has clipped ten to fifteen lb. of 

 wool in a year off a large English ram, and when killed the 

 same ram weighed 160 lb. dead weight. There is no doubt, 

 however, that the Swedish cattle can never bring anything 

 like the weight of beef which the English will. 



Agardth further observes that with improvement the 

 value of the Swedish cattle, instead of being 260,000,000 

 rqr., might easily be raised to 714,000,000 rqr. 



In 1860, little Denmark exported dairy produce to the 

 value of 25,808,000 rqr., or more than the export of 

 wrought iron and steel from Sweden, which in that year 

 amounted to about 22,000,000 rqr. Now, according to 

 Agardth, Skane and some two or three other lands in 

 South Sweden are quite as productive as Denmark, which 

 does not exceed them in size, and contains two and three- 

 quarter millions inhabitants. 



The average weight of wool from each sheep in England 

 he puts at 4 lb. yearly, and on an average each sheep that 



