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Era of Progress Agriculture 335
CHAPTER XX
ECONOMIC PROGRESS DURING THE BERNA-
DOTTE PERIOD
A". IN AGRICULTURE
Increase in Acreage. It is a notable fact that the
cultivated area of Sweden has quadrupled since 1800.
Stress has been laid upon draining and cultivating the
immense peat bogs and marsh lands of the country.
There still remain in different parts of the country
vast areas of such marshes to be converted into fields
of waving grain. It has been estimated that the com-
bined area of such unimproved marsh lands equals in
extent one-half of all the cultivated lands of Sweden
today. Hence, the soil of Sweden is capable of support-
ing a much larger population than the present.
Improvements in Methods. The arable lands of Swed-
en have not only been greatly increased in area, but
have also been greatly improved in quality. As a result
the yield per acre has constantly increased. This im-
provement is owing especially to scientific investiga-
tions and discoveries. The various soils have been care-
fully analyzed, and the elements needed for the pro-
duction of different crops have been ascertained. It
has therefore been possible to adapt the crops to the
different soils and to put into the fields as fertilizers
the elements needed. This chemical analysis has made
it possible by the rotation of crops to dispense with
the practice of letting the fields lie fallow every second
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