The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27
NORWEGIAN AeRrcunrrwn
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Taken a. q wsse<es Tire ss1s-'sissFre % Sc--
war 10 rot VERY irnno~.Aat. The 04asEvafss
/ ss1d s>ec2paes tho E-sssgntfeAnf a~es o.
les square Esss~s Es8 sAere are rn2xv
I tASnrs ~ interest - - observed. wrstes
James Wood ta the ceans-y Gentleman
+ Ae-Asps ehs ehi~s snterest lies in she fash
II sr1sssrg ~ ~hicS very small patches
+ - land arr cultivated They so not aeNrs ~
s-asn yhings here ara faey have earned
4 thc important truth ira, 'fAgshf asnsss -
htte thin~S fs sasnstaass s~eA<," We Asve
seea tno3sRrsstS ~ nssrses % rosasc~s,
+! eats. narsev ~ W. "a valleys or u~ca
I mountain Sizes 'hst srsssa res averswe
sses-e tAsa 5.eaa square feet While rnanv
l Tsaschss q pcsstc<s we~s rot nscrs tAsa
/ 10 easA.
Grass ss 80 srnpcvtAu. p~oetc. ~ ERE
country. Il IS remarkably rich ard a.
/ very nigh FEEDING vstns - Grows very
shiekly uran the xrsun8 ana thus strns
OF gSSss yield. resembling rat os Ts-x-
Land. Tns annual raiafan " vcrr eaver-
abe. AacuS the west >oass Y averages
ever seventy inches ana elsewhere ssrns-
thing ower forty. UgS0a tAe mountain farms
the grasses are usually q me native var
tetses numbers ~ waieA closely resemble
orr Rhcfa Island beas~zraSs. n re val
irvs excellent erans * t}Fnathv are ~~~n
The native grasses are often 50 interviewer
with VITA flowers sus aromatic pants 50
20 give then the appearance Of newwr-
gardens. ard % cause the bay 20 ea re-
rasrksA,v rich n sweet perfumes
I. naturally follows hat unaa such small
areas TIE cutting % the grass ard gather
Ing 81 TIA hay - all performed ay hard
labor. JpoS 9 few farms near CsartstsaHts,
and vron greater numher near
Tros1hssri. and a few elsewhere. moving
machines we're seen. These were nearly al
OF American manufacture. and the lead
ing American machines seem quite al
home here. One establishment IN Chris
tiania has made some mowers in exact
imitation OF the American tvpe Not mare
than dozen horse rakea have been seen
In driving 30 Nor 500 miles with hcrses
through thu country, and travelling con-
sidera5le distances by rail. Perhaps this
number woaad inclsads al those seen at
thu places % business OF the dealers In
the towns
The hay making 10 very picturesque and
Interesting. The scy-th-s are sv~nty-swe
inches in length and very narrow. and at
tachci 20 straight znaths. On which are
p~suliariy shaped handles A little prac-
tice enables one 30 use the odd implement
quite effectively. II requires short. auick
stroke Many OF the grass patches upon
tho mountains are 50 rough that so large
an implement cannot be mset. ard for
these a most dimlnutive scvthe. closely
resembling sickle. Is used. The hiaae il
about fifteen inches IN length. ana the
handle about as long and very peculiarly
shaped. purchased one 81 these from a
mountain mower for one krone--say Is
cents-to take home a. a curiosity. The
blade was made by A blacksmith IN the
neigh6orhood and thu handle BY the
farmer
As soon az naown. the grass - paced
upon racks 20 cure. These racks are made
by placing two stakes IN the ground. some
ten or twelve feet arart. and 20 these
HIGHT poles ara fastened horizontally b.
wsrhes. a foot apart. and as high rs can
be readily reached Often n stout cord is
used instead OF tho poles. The grass r.
loosely shaken. and then placed upon the
racks 30 rs to NH them nearly full. The
air readily passes through u. while The
top layer sheds the rain from all beneath
The process II iaborious. but effective in
curing the hay Ia the best possible con-
diton. The moving Is done BY men. the
raking and curing by women. The hay is
carried to the barns IN bundles upon the
backs OF man or women. or Is drawn up-
on dimlnutive. low carts From the moan-
tain patches the bundles Of hay are fire.
quently run down TO the valleys upon wires
with pulley. These are sometimes several
hundred feet long.
Some thirty or more years ago variety
OF cats was introduced 70 America, called
| and yielded heavily a gray-black grain.
This hull was hard and seriously aetracted
from the value OF The grain. Upon inquiry
II was found that rlis variety Is consid-
erably grown thfoughout Norway, bat as
& requires about ten days longer season
than the white varieties and the season
here f. very short Il Is not 80 generally
grown as the white. The grain saw was
very heavy. with a much less o'vieotIonAbis
hull than the American grown.
The best potato culture | have seen was
within the arctic circle. notably upon the
Lofoten islands. There the drills were
straight and far enough apart 10 allow OF
the proper development 81 the plants and
tubers. Elsewhere the ground 10 literally
sown with the seed. and the plants are
crowded most unressouabiy. With such
meagre Agriculture It may be asked. how
IL Norway's population OF over 2.QCo1
people supportcif The nations greatest
interest Is her commercial marine. Since
the days OF the Vikings this has been a
maritime people. and today Norway has
more ships than any other nation except
Great Britain. Her fishing Industry IL
enormous. directly supporting over 10000
people and bringing great wealth from
the exports 20 other countries. The fisher
lea greatly aid the agriculture.
Some mention should he made of Nor
wogsan trees. The Norway spruce has been
disseminated throughout the world. IL has
been a matter OF interest 10 eEsieavor 70
md nne specimens OF this tree ia IT. ma
tive habitat, but the search has been IN
vain. Nowhere do they obtain the size or
tho beauty that we have them Ia America.
In regions where the timber has been cut
we DO not expect much IN the second
growth, but there are immense tracts
from which the timber cannot Do removed
To any market: bat there the trees msrely
look cid without having attained great
sdze or remarkable beauty.
The Norway maple 10 very nns. bur no"
where better than Il II sesn IN America.
Quite sinwaiarfy ita foliage IL largest and
finest in the far north. The birch is found
everywhere. and IL the only tree tn The
more northern regions. The nartasrnfsioFt
forest IN the world is said 70 Do on ths
Ilorofen sslandH The North csps region
IL trseless Bot nowhers does The birch at
tain the size W. somatlrnes @ee on onf
stis OF the Atlantic
The horses and cattle OF NORWAY are -
interesting that hope 20 speak OK then'
In another letter. This one - written rom
the northsrnrnost town in the world. Ham
mer<eSt.
Intensive Farming.
Farm. Field ana Flresiis