The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-30

A correspondent OF q London paper |
writes: or the $4,000 square miles
which NORWAY contains. only !, 5Ou are
pasturage, and only $50 are under the
plow. The consequence is that not only
corn. but also butter and meat,Ahave To
be imported in large quantities From
xhat. has been said il will be inferred
that the country is more pastoral tnaii
Agricultural. Yet one sees very few cat
he when passing through the Iuntry IN
summer. The reason i that at tnar
season, as in Switzerland, the peasantry
drive their cattle up the mounts ans ana
themselves live i'm ssaeters.' or plctur1
esoue huts of solid TIMBER Much OF Enc
agriculture in Norway Is OF the most
primitive character small wooaeh
plows, held by boys and Drawn py men,
being still commonly used IN M any parts
of the country. The prIncipat crops
grown are oats, barley, rye and potatoes.
ETs~ and hemp are also successfully
GROWN in southern parts. The.chlef
Grain region is the valley of Lake
/ Miosen. where the growing of wheat
/ has sometimes been attempted, but not
with marked success The hay crop,
though by no means hetvy, is widely
diffused. and IL is CLEANED in what would
generally be deemed impossible places
oon narrow ledgas a thousand feet
above the sea and in deep valleys where
there is very little sunshine. The hsy IS
dried i'm a peculiar fashion. IL is not
| snread over the field, but is hung out, as
in some parts of Switzerland, on fences
or hurdles. Rows of posts are set up
in the fields, and from these lines OF
cord or wire are stretched at distance
| of one foot or eighteen inches from one
another. On these lines the hay Is
hnn6 and il remains there in'wet wealth
or "a in dry. In wet weather the moist
ure drips to the ground. In fine weather
the sun beats on the outer layers and
the wind passes through the interior,
and whatever the state OF the weather
the hay il left there till it is ready % Oe
housed. The hay is transported from
the uplaOd regions by mover coh.flV
ance known a the "hay telegraph
Tona or wire. sometimes one Thousand
az In LENGTH. slopes down from the tor
If a priciDice to the bottom of the val
Law. A bundle of hay is suspended iron
RING through which the rope or wlr'
masses. and is shot down 10 the bottom
with lightning speed. Bundles OF Drush
wood and fire-wood are sent down iron
the bioher ground in the same way. I'M
scvthe generally used in moving Tn
=.
bsv il much smaller. than that in use II
ENGLAND. In the Valdres routes how
ever, near Odnaes. 4 noticed some q q
tempts at what would be called scle MN
farming. In one field amowing- machin
: was at work, and in another the hay ha
heen spread out in the English fashlo
and was being turned over by reYoiN
inc rake drawn by horse. Both ma
. chineg were evidently OF recent imports
7 ton, and attracted the attention OF th
natives much more than of the foreign
ers. Whatever may be said OF the No
e wegians, it can not but be admitted tn.
e thew are most ingenious in IdeEising COZ
trivances which at once save tneir 1arte
and take full advantage of the pecalla
conformation of their country, The
: timber-shoots are another instance
their Iaborious Ingenuity. -. They mak
l. w5od-ways and slides which extend ovt
s hundreds of feet from the tops OF u
q hills to the sea Shore u Jo,8 LlG
n $40 THow@ q