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iii. rural husbandry.
of opinion concerning proposed measures for tlie promotion of agriculture
and its by-industries, and regarding the representations, etc. which have
been received as to such measures.
The immediate direction of the horse-breeding of the country, the
State studs, and the award of horse-premiums, is exercised by the Studs
Board, which consists of a Director, two members, a deputy member, and
a secretary. For the better performance of its tasks, the Studs Board
has the right, whenever it considers it necessary, to summon to its
meetings the chairmen of the horse-premium juries, and the director uf the
Cavalry Remount Board. The Instructions for the Studs Board are dated
December 31, 1909.
The budget estimates for 1915 for the Department of Agriculture amount to
14 184 700 kronor, 8 017 504 kronor of this amount belonging to the ordinary
estimates and 6 161 196 kronor to the extraordinary. A special petition must
be made each year to the Riksdag for the grant of the sums shown in the
extraordinary budget. Of the amount above, 92 110 kronor are allocated
to the Department itself; out of the remaining items, 5 909 020 kronor may
be considered as directly intended for the benefit of agriculture. These items
are: The Board of Agriculture, 83 400 kronor; for the promotion of agriculture
and farming industries in general, 412 450 kronor; agricultural educational
establishments, 814 950 kronor; agricultural engineers and assistants, 101 900 kronor;
veterinary service 450 020 kronor; the improvement of horse-breeding,
425 200 kronor; the promotion of small farming, 291 500 kronor; draining
and ditching, 2 350 000 kronor; reductions in freight-charges for lime for
agricultural purposes, 380 000 kronor; and others of greater or lesser amounts.
There are also included in the budget grants for the promotion of the fisheries,
974 700 kronor; forestry, 913 429 kronor; the land-surveying staff, 787 200
kronor the Ordnance Survey of Sweden, 357 200 kronor; geological and
hydro-graphical investigations, 325 105 kronor; repair of roads and posting-service,
1 704 508 kronor; poor-relief, 376 564 kronor; and divers items, 2 744 864 kronor.
The Department of Agriculture has, too, the charge of the following funds,
from which grants of loans are made, viz.; the cultivation loan-fund, 1 000 000
kronor, from which loans are granted for draining enterprizes, the lowering
of lake-levels, etc. (v. p. 140), the Norrland landreclaiming fund of
300 000 kronor, from which loans are made to County Councils or
Agricultural Societies which declare themselves willing to grant loans to small
farmers for the cultivation of land suitable for tillage; the draining
loan-fund of 200 000 kronor, for promoting the draining of small farms; the "Own
Homes" (Sw. egnahem) loan-fund of 7 500 000 kronor, for granting loans for
the formation of "own homes"; the land-purchase fund (Sw. jordförmedlingsfond),
of 2 000 000 kronor, intended for granting purchase-loans to Agricultural
Societies, Companies and Associations, the aim of which is the promotion of the "own
home" movement, in order to buy tracts of land for the purpose of cutting them
up into "own home" plots; the loan-fund for the purchase of thorough-bred and
half-bred brood-mares, of 100 000 kronor, from which Agricultural »Societies, within
whose districts there exist favourable conditions for carrying on the breeding of
thorough-bred horses, can obtain loans intended to be advanced to horse-breeders
in the districts in question; the fund for the promotion of the peat-industry, of
1 000 000 kronor, for the erection of peat-litter- and peat-fuel factories, etc., and the
fund for the promotion of the fishing industry, of 750 000 kronor, from which
fishermen can obtain loans for the purchase of fishing-boats, etc.
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