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rqr. rqr. 



Yearly rent, at 15 rqr. per tunnland . 3000 

 Interest on 12,500 rqr. outlay, at 6 



per cent 750 



8750 



Let us add, however, 6 rqr. per tunn- 

 land more for taxes and incidentals, 

 or 1250 



10,000 



and deducting this from 20,000 rqr., we have a net yearly 

 surplus of 10,000 rqr., above 500 sterling, off a 250 acre 

 farm j or 50 rqr. per acre^ for living, etc., after all expenses 

 were paid. 



This shows to what farming might be brought in a 

 good district in Sweden, with a proper capital and in good 

 hands. We can hardly, however, reckon that this calcula- 

 tion will apply to Wermland, and the midland districts. It 

 will also prove that farming in Sweden will no more pay 

 without proper attention, management, and capital, than in 

 England ; but it also proves, I think, that the farmer who 

 farms his land as it should be, requires no protection from 

 .Government. 



To an English gentleman of small capital, say about 

 three or four thousand pounds, who was fond of farming, field 

 sports, and a country life, I really do not know where he 

 could invest his capital better than in Sweden. In what- 

 ever part he settled, he would be sure to have some fair 

 sporting and fishing, and much freer than he could in Eng- 

 land; although he might not find things at first just the same 

 as in England, yet when he became settled among them, he 

 would find the Swedes very good neighbours, and I really think 

 property will in time increase in value. But he must bear in 

 mind one thing, nothing can be done in the north without 

 some capital, and above all things let him live at least 

 a year in the country on some good estate, and learn 

 the language and habits of the people, before he perma- 



