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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
What Science Has Done for the Peat 
Bogs of Sweden. 
Part II. 
Seasons and Crops. —The experimen¬ 
tal fields consist of some sandy upland 
and of some low (moderungs) moor. 
Most of the acreage, however, is so-called 
“liigh-moor.” The fields are rectangular 
and separated by deep ditches. The drains 
with which each field is provided empty 
into these ditches. The crops grown in 
connection with the experiments consist 
of oats, Spring rye, potatoes and grass. 
Harley, turnips and carrots also do fairly 
well at Flahult. Profitable crop produc¬ 
tion is made more difficult by the short¬ 
ness of the growing season and the low 
mean temperature. The weather records 
show that frosts may occur in every one 
of the 12 months. Thus in the past 11 
years the temperature went down to 
freezing in June in five or six of the sea¬ 
sons. in July in two of the seasons, and 
in August in six of the 11 seasons. There 
is always danger therefore of the more or 
less complete loss of the crops. In spite 
of this serious handicap the net income 
from the 200 acres of cultivated moorland 
was $3,000 in 1910. The chief sources of 
income are potatoes and milk. A herd of 
grade Ayrshire "cows is averaging about 
3.300 quarts of milk per annum. This is 
not a bad average in view of the fact that 
for four months in each year the animals 
are out ou pasture and receive no other 
food. During the remaining eight months 
they are fed some hay, straw, turnips, and 
a little linseed oilmeal. 
Grass and Potatoes. —The success of 
the farming operations at Flahult is 
founded almost entirely on the production 
of potatoes and of grass. The former 
yield exceedingly well, usually more than 
300 bu. per acre, and occasionally as much 
as 400 bu. per acre. In other words, the 
average production is three to four times 
as high as that for the whole United 
States. Considering the nature of the 
climate and soil, this is a remarkably 
good record. Of course, successful po¬ 
tato production would not be possible 
without the use of superphosphates, pot¬ 
ash salts and nitrogen salts like nitrate of 
soda, nitrate of lime and sulphate of 
ammonia. In addition to the use of chem¬ 
ical manures successful potato growing 
at Flahult must reckon with the con¬ 
trol of diseases and the selection of good 
seed. All of this is intimately dependent 
on the scientific research of the past few 
decades. Soil improvement which ac¬ 
companies profitable potato growing nec¬ 
essarily involves the growing of good crops 
of grass. Here in addition to the use of 
chemical fertilizers mentioned above, it 
has been found profitable to employ basic 
slag and lime. The basic slag is a phos- 
phatie fertilizer derived from iron ore 
rich in phosphorus. 
Chemical Fertilizers. —It is evident 
from what has been said here that chem¬ 
ical fertilizers are the foundation of suc¬ 
cessful farming in Swedish peat bogs. But 
chemical fertilizers are in themselves the 
outcome of scientific research, most of it 
of recent origin. If to the use of fertil¬ 
izers is added the improvement of plants 
by selection and breeding, the control of 
injurious insects and diseases, and the 
feeding of animals for most profitable pro¬ 
duction, a reasonably complete picture is 
obtained of what scientific research has 
meant to Swedish agriculture. Naturally 
the experimental work at Flahult lays 
much stress on the study of different 
phosphates, potash salts and nitrogen 
salts. Amounts and proportions of these 
are investigated in their relation to yield 
and quality of crop. Quite naturally, 
also, a study is being made of different 
grasses from the standpoint of their 
adaptation to peat bog conditions. The 
importance of clover and of other legumes 
is recognized, and experiments are carried 
on to show the best conditions for their 
production. In a word, the chemical and 
botanical study of peat soils and of the 
crops growing upon them is one part of 
the large problem. Another part is the 
study of insects and diseases limiting crop 
production. The third part is the study 
of crop production as a means of support¬ 
ing the maximum number of animals per 
given area. All of these things the Peat 
Experiment Statiou of Joukopiug has 
done well, and has to that extent made 
Sweden less dependent ou other countries 
for its food and raiment. 
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