A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page 9
... farms of considerable extent ; but no regular course of crops is kept , at least no distinct proportions of land under green crops , sown grasses , or fallow , are observable . The inclosures are generally banks of earth , either ...
... farms of considerable extent ; but no regular course of crops is kept , at least no distinct proportions of land under green crops , sown grasses , or fallow , are observable . The inclosures are generally banks of earth , either ...
Page 34
... hummocks , hills , or islands of gneiss rising from the plain , which has been formerly filled by the Wener . It is a country of large fields and farms , and the houses are roofed with straw . This would be sin- 34 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... hummocks , hills , or islands of gneiss rising from the plain , which has been formerly filled by the Wener . It is a country of large fields and farms , and the houses are roofed with straw . This would be sin- 34 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
Page 37
... spring sown corn , are above ground . The land is very clean , which I attribute less to good farming , or destroying the weeds by fallowing or working the land , than to climate , which kills D3 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 37.
... spring sown corn , are above ground . The land is very clean , which I attribute less to good farming , or destroying the weeds by fallowing or working the land , than to climate , which kills D3 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 37.
Page 39
... farm ought to have furnished a horse and boy at the Skyds station , and at what time ; and those books are as regularly given in and checked every month as excise returns with us . Pretty sharp fines , corpo- ral punishment when fines ...
... farm ought to have furnished a horse and boy at the Skyds station , and at what time ; and those books are as regularly given in and checked every month as excise returns with us . Pretty sharp fines , corpo- ral punishment when fines ...
Page 41
... farms in the hands of the proprietors , the farm offices , and ploughed land , being close around the main dwell- ing , and generally an iron foundery close to it . The country all from the frontier , or even the Glommen , is as flat as ...
... farms in the hands of the proprietors , the farm offices , and ploughed land , being close around the main dwell- ing , and generally an iron foundery close to it . The country all from the frontier , or even the Glommen , is as flat as ...
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