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the cultivation of CEREAL8. 531
Table 69. Fall and Spring crops. Yield per hectare.s
j Läns. 1 Acreage, 1900. Hectare. Value
ofFall-crop, Average crop per hectare, 1886,95. Quintals.
Fall-crop. Spring-crop. Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oeta. [-Potatoes.-] {+Po- tatoes.+}
i Stockholm..............................25,604 49,695 38 14 28 15-44 14 26 12-86 101-8
• Uppsala......................................20,606 46.594 42 1441 1544 1570 12-71 86’5
] Södermanland......................24,819 52,503 42 15 64 15 76 14 01 12 68 92 8
’ Östergötland........................38,509 89,349 32 14-51 15 24 15 85 13 88 82 9
i Jönköping................................18,927 50,542 27 11 05 13 87 12-21 14-28 75-6
: Kronoberg..............................13,539 43,326 27 13 01 14 14 14-27 97-7
Kalmar»....................................35,637 54,447 45 11-62 11 06 12 92 12-69 82-7
I Gotland......................................15,246 20,275 56 11-45 14 80 1319 10-07 72 2
1 Blekinge....................................16,269 23,316 45 1187 10 98 14-62 1H99 909
1 KriBtianatad........................37,931 80,225 37 1564 1362 1386 12 81 714
Malmöhus................................48,100 129,754 28 17 78 1780 1816 16 26 89 1
Halland....................................20,283 51,500 28 1628 1571 13 19 1318 722
: Göteborg och Bohus.. 10,127 46,948 22 13 75 15-26 12 28 12 86 103 8
■ Elfsborg ..................................23,895 86,955 21 14-76 13 99 11-96 12 58 107 0
I Skaraborg............................43,491 116,889 31 13 78 14-46 13 06 12 85 75 0
]Vermland................................25,454 73,824 28 1168 1200 9*40 1018 86 7
I Örebro..............................19,648 47,997 33 14 29 13 98 12-78 1317 900
Vestmanland........................19,603 46,962 36 1449 14 91 13-27 1245 1021
I Kopparberg............................10,739 30,189 25 12 56 17 01 16 80 13 68 122 4
Gefleborg..................................2,915 27,592 16 . 1679 1606 1678 1270
Vesternorrland....................1,827 21,629 8 1164 1342 . 898
’ Jemtland................................863 10,799 6 11 18 1268 . 144-7
Vesterbotten......................483 18,230 2 8 68 1141 91-4
! Norrbotten..............................456 13,803 4 . 1268 1390 . I 928
1 Entire kingdom 474,»70 1,232,343 31 14 82 14-86 1471 13 20 | 8i7
the agriculture of which is usually considered as being in a high state
of perfection, the result will be the following, on an average for the
years 1886/95, and in quintals per hectare3:
Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats.
Lin of Malmöhus............... ... 1778 17 80 1816 1625
Denmark............................ .... 25-22 16-03 16 81 13-58
Great Britain and Ireland .. .... 2009 15-80 18 96 16-52
Belgium............................ .... 18-51 16-86 21-60 18-60
German Empire................. .... 15-63 12 61 15 95 14-48
France ............................. . .. 11-92 10-65 11-67 10-58
The result cannot but be considered as very flattering for the
Swedish province, situated between 55 and 56 degrees N. lat.
Next to the Läns of Malmöhus, Kopparberg, and Gefleborg (see above)
those of Kristianstad, Halland, Göteborg och Bohus, together with
Östergötland and the district round Lake Mälaren, are the tracts of
our country which give the richest crops per hectare. The harvest
is less good, on the other hand, in several of the districts where
the cultivation of oats is greatly in the preponderance. This circum-
1 Percentage value of the Fall-crop as compared with the value of the total
cereal-crop, according to calculations by E Sidenbladh for the years 1878 87. — ’ On the island of
Oland the crop is by hectare: wheat 108, rye 103, barley 126, oats 100 quintals. — "An
hectare = 2’47 acres. A quintal per hectare = 0"8 cwts. pr acre.
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