134 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



would be above 30,000 rqr. (about 1760 English,, or nearly 

 8 per English acre), to which we must add such little capital 

 as would be required to work the farm. Thus 



rqr. 



Purchase of the estate . 30,000 



Six horses, at 200 rqr. each . . 1200 



Fifteen cows, at 100 rqr. each . . 1500 



Implements . . . . . 1000 

 Advance for maintenance of servants, 



cattle, etc. . . < . . * 750 



Household furniture ... 550 



Total . . 36,000 



Or a little over 2000 for the full purchase of a 244 acre 

 farm, and the stock and implements in its present state ; of 

 which sum the interest after the rate of six per cent., (the 

 common rate of interest here,) will be 2160 rqr., or about 

 21 rqr. per tunnland of cultivated ground. 



" We will now make a summary calculation of the proceeds 

 of this farm, and for the sake of shortness, without going 

 into minute details, we will reckon the gross produce at 40 

 rqr. per tunnland, or a little over 2 per English acre, for the 

 land capable of cultivation, and this, it will be seen, is lower 

 than we have reckoned it before, but I expect that one-half 

 of the farms as they are now managed, do not return more, 

 without minding whether part of that produce is sold direct, 

 or first turned into butter, flesh, wool, or cheese. Therefore, 

 the gross produce of the 100 tunnland will be 4000 rqr. 



" From this we must now deduct the cost of cultivation, 

 such as servants' wages, repairs, taxes, etc., and we shall not be 

 far wrong if we put this at 2000 rqr., or 20 rqr. per tunnland. 

 Consequently, there remains out of the whole gross produce 

 of the estate only a net sum of 2000 rqr. wherewith to pay 

 the yearly interest of 2160 rqr., leaving a yearly deficiency 

 of 160 rqr., and the farmer gets nothing for his trouble and 

 labour. (And this is how farming at the present day stands 

 generally throughout Sweden.) 



" Now it is very clear, according to this, that the purchase- 



