New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-22

similar reason he had adopted the Eogli-h division Il
Of lsnds'-nov believe beginning 20 be shan toned
in the Scotch farmrDg-in order 70 drain the snow
water from the surface. He took me 20 see his new
En- glib drilling machine tGarretts worked with q
pair Of horses by three In another part Of the
held Scotch harrOws of new construction were ct
work and in still another, the best Scotch plows
nun Der Of women were also employed in breaking
cIOds In the barns large thseshng ma
chine driven by four pairs of oxen, with connect
irg pullies for even dTaught Scotch wnnOw-
ing machines and hJrse-rakes also employed.
Reaping achnes lie greatly needs, but the difficulty
thus far has been that the wheat Is often so much
lGtd and tangled under the rains that no mschines
be has seen are fully adapted for IL There IL no
country where quick resping is so important ss in
Sweden, for tie weather Is very uncertain, and
the Summer short. We have frcsts COW every night,
though August has week yet 70 run.l In his barns,
be pointed out g. an e1perme nt-which was quite
arrange in Sweden-the Of shingles instead of stch
VI states Oh the root
The stables bull. on the latest approved plan,
with drains for urine stone toughs fer water and aper
lures from the hay-Cf above, and little coUTlvance
Of his own 10 keep the cattle from drawing ther food
under their feet. There were stalls for 100 cs-s.
These were feeding between two fields Of oats, with
nothing to keep them from the crops but 8 cowhers
with little white, snary dog. Capt III. assured me
that this dog could duve the hundred cows in lane
not ten feet broad night through green fields without
their doing the least injury. Ii certainly the most
beautiful herd Of cattle ever saw-an Ayrshire ooys
Of first quality, not very large but r,ht-skirned,
smal-he AIDED, with straight back, muscular fore
quarters, and full dew-aps. Many were nottled with
white.
Twenty are owned by the Government, which in
trusts them to this gentleman for the sake OF lmprov-
ing the breed in Sweden. AL he is obliged 10 pay "a
reit is the price of one bucaf year. Two-year
old he'll, be sells for about Sill bulls for 500. The
butter AID cheese be sells in Stockholm.
IT. the horse stables some noble white Nor
mandy horses, the same breed which the old knights
favored, and which WOuyemann - often paints
ponderOus, strong breed, and with them few Nor
weeian horses.
The wages of his laborers he thinks now high in
proportion Of the cost If living yet he pays only
average Of 10 cents day, and food. 1t was formerly
II cent?. His cowherd-a valuable man-gets 50 q
wear and board. The whole number of men employed
is between so and 90. Several Of his wOrkmen are
soldiers he himself officer and he related to
NE many interesting facts Of these men which VIII
mention sfterwara, in connection with his more inl-
portant works The grooms in his stables were also
some Of them old cavalry soldiers.
He considers his experiment in high farming
thoroughly successful The peasants laughed At i, at
first but they are glad now to initiate 1t where they
can His property, which he bought for about
go eco, he holds now worth slUOOOO. have no
doubt he has given impetus to the agricultural I'M
provoment Of all Sweden. Such men are pubic oes-
| sings Of such q country "a this. This gentleman,
again with all his interests in the country, has vote
and 10 share in the political affairs lie does net be-
| long to any OF the four classes
| Norway has been such favorte resort for intel
hgent English travellers for few years past, that
Mr. Brace has not been able to CLEAN so much froE,
their rich harvests as from the less-frequented sol
of Sweden. In regard TO this country, concerning
which 80 little is familiarly known to the majority
| Of readers his volume possesses the charm of nov
| ety. and abounds in curious information about the
national manners, religion, mythology, education,
| and statistics.