60 ( TEX YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



is slaughtered will give 85 Ib. of mutton. In Sweden he 

 says the average clip of wool will be about 2 Ib., and the 

 weight of mutton 20 Ib. ; and I believe, as far as regards 

 the peasants' sheep, this is correct. 



In 1862, the import of the following articles of dairy 

 produce, etc., exceeded the export (according to the Swedish 

 " Farmer's Magazine ") : 



Butter (import exceeded export by) 20,585 cwt. 



Tallow 37,571 



Cheese 11,314 



Pork 24,486 



Meat 5,920 



Hides, dry 7,376 



salted 19,784 



wet salted 22,522 



Wool of all kinds 2,658,298 Ib. 



Still, however, showing a decided improvement in every- 

 thing except pork, which was just double that of the 

 preceding year. 



From the year 1849 to 1858, 172,000 tunnland of waste 

 land were brought into cultivation; in the year 1860, 

 37,414 more ; and every year much waste land, mosses, and 

 small forests come under the plough. The cost of bringing 

 such land into cultivation is not much, and new land let 

 thus (if only properly chosen) will rear many crops without 

 manure. 



According to Malmstrom, however, the improvement of 

 Agriculture in Sweden has been followed by an increased 

 mortgaging of estates throughout the whole country. It is 

 not easy to say what is the actual amount of the mortgage 

 debts advanced by the different mortgage (Hypotheks Lan) 

 societies ; but it appears by the above- quoted article from 

 the Stockholm newspaper of Feb. 25th, 1864, that in 

 1856 this debt amounted to about 400,000,000 rqr. (and 

 it has doubtless much increased), and at the rate of 5 

 per cent, the yearly interest of this debt is 20,000,000 rqr. 



