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Variation in the Price and Supply of Wheat. 
Considerable improvements in agricultnre are taking place, sncli as drainiiic!;, 
improvement of live stock, &c. 
STOCKHOLM, 1868— Report by Mr. Coksul Gerald Terry— The xao^t 
fertile parts of Sweden are the plains of Skane and CVtcrgiitland, part of Wes- 
tergiitland, Soderiiianland, Nchke, Wcrmland, and Upland. It is in these 
provinces that aL^ricultuial pursuits arc principally followed ; but they are also 
exercised, although on a smaller scale, in several other parts of the kingdom. 
The province in which agriculture in this country has at present attained its 
highest ])erfection, is Skane. Generally speaking, agricultnre in Sweden is in 
a state of jirogression. Complete statistical reports are onlj^ available for the 
year 18G5, previous to which time reliable information cannot be obtained. 
The following statement is, therefore, grounded on approximate statistical 
reports for the year 18(55 : — 
The superficial area of cultivated soil, constituting 9 per cent, of the area of 
the entire kingdom, is in round numbers 11,000,000 acres, of which 55,000 
acres constitute building plots and gardens, nearly 6,000,000 acres arable 
land, and 5,000,000 acres meadow and pasture. 
During the year 1865 thi' proportion between the seed sown and the crops 
reaped was as follows ; — 
1 
i 
Seed Sown. 
Crops Reaped. 
Grain .. .. Cubic fot | 
1.3, 9G7 
000 
73,6.31,500 
Leg Pulse . . „ ; 
i)96 
700 
2,427,600 
Potatoes .... ,, j 
7,G67 
800 
47,234,000 
Other Koots . , „ ^ 
1 
3, 9a 7, 000 
The following comparison between the surplus left for exportation in 18G6, 
after deducting the quantity required for home consumption, and the average 
annual .surplus during the deconnium 185() to 18(56 gives an a})proximatc 
view of the extent to which the produce and exportation of grain are in- 
creasing : — • 
Average of tlie Years. 
Surplus left for Kxportation. 
•I'otal. 
Wheat. 
Rye. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Meslin. 
Peas. 
1856-66 cubic fot* 
107,407 
1,382,119 
7,24.5,613 
11,527 
27,776 
8,774,442 
1866 .. ,, 
221,821 
174,090 
1,636,110 
10,143,900 
25,301 
21,525 
12,222,747 
Forest Produce. — It has been shown .above that only 9 per cent, of tl;e 
entire area of land in Sweden, is cultivated, the remaining 91 per cent, consists 
chiefly of forest land. 
Hitherto immense quantities of wood .and timber liave been exported, but a 
reduction in this article of export is likely soon to take place, as the forests in 
the more populous parts of tlie kingdom consist chiefly of young wood ; and 
the forest districts in the northern parts, situated along the lines of communi- 
cation, are said to have been ravaged to a great extent. 
Information for Persons wishing to Purchase Land in Sweden. ' 
1. A British subject can hold real property in S^\•eden, on special permission 
being granted by the Crown, and which permission has never yet been refused. 
2. There is not, strictly speaking, any other tenure than freehold, with the 
* 1 cubic fot = 1597'2 cubic inches, and 11 cubic fots = 1 quarter, ntarly. 
