328 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



They are lucky in having turned the greater part of 

 the burden of responsible management on to the men, so 

 that it is very true what both Englishmen and others 

 write, that England is a paradise for ladies and women. 

 It is true that common servant-girls have to have some- 

 what more work in them, halla nagot mera uti, but 

 still this also is moderate, and seldom goes beyond what 

 has been reckoned up above. But [T. I. p. 325] the 

 mistresses and their daughters are in particular those 

 who enjoy perfect freedom from work. 



To us in Sweden, where the wife, no less than the 

 husband, is obliged in every way to bestir herself and 

 keep her wits about her, fika OCll vara om sig, to 

 help to win the bare necessaries of life, an English wife 

 would not seem to be particularly well-suited. I have, 

 however, with my own eyes, seen some proof of this, that 

 when constrained by necessity to exert themselves, they 

 have been as clever managers as anywhere in the world, 

 for they are not wanting in sagacity to carry them through 

 the most difficult cases. 



The 13th April, 1748. 



Angars godning. Manuring meadows. 



This work of manuring meadows is mostly performed 

 here in the autumn, after they have carried the hay, 

 when soot and other kinds of manure are spread over the 

 inclosures, tackter, sown with Clover, St. Foin, and 

 other kinds of hay. 



Huru mycket de fa efter en bushels utsade. 



How much they get in return for each bushel sown. 



Several farmers said here that two bushels of wheat 

 are commonly sown out on an acre of land, acreland, 

 and in return, when the field is well-managed and the 

 year's growth is good, twenty-five bushels are reaped. At 



