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AGRICULTURE



<sc><big><ig>A</big></big>s</sc> Norway, in its main features may be described as being a
barren and mountainous country, stretching from 58 to 71
degrees northern latitude, and lying open to the Atlantic Ocean
and the Northern Polar Sea, it will be easily understood that
agriculture cannot play any important part relatively to the area
of the country. The arable soil is found in comparatively narrow
strips, gathered in deep and narrow valleys which branch into the
mountain table-land, and around fjords and lakes; while large
continuous tracts fit for cultivation, as measured by the regular
European standard, do not exist. The entire area of Norway is
calculated at 124,525 square miles [1] which, as regards their nature
and use, are distributed as follows:
Sq. miles Percentage of area of country
Town territories ........ 96 0.1
Grain fields .................... 893 0.7
Cultivated meadows .............. 1,450 1.2
Natural meadows ................ 1,211 1.0
Woodland .......... 26,317 21.1
Pastures, home & mountain grazing land 9,438 7.6
Bogs ........................ 4,632 3.7
Bare mountains ................ 73,762 59.2
Lakes ........................ 4,789 3.8
Snow & ice .................. 1,947 1.6
Total, Norway ..... 124,525 100.00


[1] A more recent calculation of the area gives a slightly different result
(124,495 sq. miles).

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