Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-02-13
HOW THEY LIVE
In SWEDEN.
Elder Andrew Johnson Tells Of the
Situation There.
e DAYS OF RAIN LAST AUGUST.
Farmers Hang Hay on Poles to Dry.
-Scrape Snow off the Ground
to Dig Potatoes.



tive letter was written by Elder An
drew johnson of Wasatch County, and
published in the Wasatch Wave under
date of Jan. 10Th OF the present year:
81 shall not attempt to give a detail
ed description Of the sights and exper
fences which l with the care OF 81
Elders) encountered, as presume
mine were similar 10 those so often de.
scribed by other missionaries. But I
will simply say that / had a pleasant
journey, both on land aud sea, nothing
of consequence arising to mar the
pleasure OF the trip.
"Enroute passed through the fol-
lowing places: Omaha, Chicago, Buff
falo, Niagara Falls, Boston, Liverpool
Lincoln, Harwick, Esbjerg, Copenhagen
Malmo, Stockholm, Gene and Sundsval
spending from two hours to two days
as opportunity afforded in each OF these
places, spending my time in sight see.
ing. Among the places that interest
ed me most were the Niagara Falls.
the magnitude and grandure, of
which language fails me to describe,
but must be seen to be appreciated.
And the battieship Massachusetts,
which l had the pleasure of going
through while at Boston. The size of
this man-of,war, together with its
huge guns, manipulated as they are by
electricity, is sight that few people
can realize until they have seen one.
was also very much interested in go
ing through the museum and dur
(animaD Garden in Scotland. Upon my
arrival at conference headquarters at
Sundsvall was appointed 10 labor in
Ostersund, a city of between 1000 and
5000 inhabitants, and its vicinity; ar.
irving on June 4th, just one month from
the day left home.
Ostersupd is a very fine and clean
city. containing large university, hos.
pital, military drilling place, and sew
eral fine churches and Is situated upon
the shore OF large Jake surrounded by
rolling hills covered with fine large
timber down to the waters edge, save
where it has been cleared by the hands
Of puny man.
81 find the country in general for
miles around is composed OF rolling
hills covered with timber and moss
and a very rocky soil Numerous small
inland bodies Of water, creeks, and
rivers, which eventually find their way
to the gulf of Bothnia.
Here and there are clearings in the
timber where resides four or five tC
several hundred families, who make
their living from the cultivation of 4
few head of stock and numbering pur
suits. These farmers meet with many
Inconvenience on accoont of unfavOra
BILE climatic conditions; the air is very
heavy and damp and rain falls abou
every other dav all summer long
in the month of August this year /
rained % days. The farmer sowe bar
ley, oats and rye, and plants his pota
toes the latter part of May and the for
part of June. The farmer is obliged L
hang his hay and grain upon poles jus
as soon as cut, where it remains fo
two or three weeks before it gets DIR.
on account of so many transforms AnC
the grain hardly ever gets fully ripen
ed on account OF short seasons.
''Snow came here on October 2nd
this year, and acres an1 acres of grain
that was not cut was spoiled, an,
scrapers were used to scrape the snow
from the patatOe patch before digging
"The temperature has not gone dow
very low yet, nor is there more than
or 10 inches OF snow at present, but VI
are told that il is not uncommon TO
the temperature TO fall TO 40 deg below
zero, and or feet of snow TO fall be
fore spring. And furthermore, not L
look for bare ground until the middl
of May On June the oath the sun aros
at 2:l6a IN and set at Iii p. m, an,
on December 10Th it arose at 1910 a
m. and set at $50 p. IA, here at Oster
sund
"The timber industry ranks hrst
however, the most of the timber LAM
belongs TO the government, and eve
where private person owns piece O
timber land he must obtain permission
from government officials, who vii
permit him to cut only limiteI
amount from his own land for expor
each year.
Part OF the timber is bought 10y saw