Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-15
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
News Of General Interest
from Three Countries.
SWEDISH CROP PROSPECTS
Weather Conditions Are Alarming at
Present and Have Caused Great
Deal of Uneasiness Among Farmers
lin Some Places Nothing Short OF
Fine Summer from Now On Can In.
sure Fair crops-smaII Returns Elk.
pected In the South of Sweden.
SW EDEN.

Says a Stockholm correspondent:
The weather conditions are alarming
In Sweden at present. At any rate
they have caused great deal Of un-
easness among the farmers generally.
Even in the southernmost part of the
country, where weather conditions are
as a rule pretty stable, the grain is
expected to give very small returns.
In Kristianstads Ian" the prospects
are pretty fair for an average crop,
but in Blekinge and Halland nothing
short of fine summer from now on
with the most favorable weather con-
ditions, can insure even fair crops. In
Smaland the oats are not expected to
mature on the low ground and in b.
hus "lan" the cold weather has injured
the rye very badly. Cortland may
have good crops, excepting rye and
sugar beets. The latter cereals will
be meager. In Sodermanland the rye
Is not expected to ripen early enough
to be used for seed next fall, and this
means that there will be an irrepara-
BILE loss in that section. In Uppland
the prospects for a crop are very poor
indeed. varmland may show up with
q fair crop, but 1t is doubtful In
Dalarne the spring grain and the pota-
toes look very poor this season, but
the farmers have not lost all hope
and are willing to make the best of
the situation. In Vasterbotten there
Is a fair chance and in Lappmarkei.
the prospects for any crop at all look
exceedingly dark. So taken right
through the crop prospects for the sea-
son throughout Sweden are not at all
favorable and there will be many of
the farmers who will be in straight
ened circumstances as a result of this
next winter.
A recent telegram from Stockholm
states that the Swedish consul in New
York warns his countrymen from COM
ing to America because there are hard
times all over the states. Undoubted-
ly the consul means well enough for
his own country, but when he states,
II 1t is true what the telegram says,
that times are so hard In America, 1t
occurs to US that he is not adhering
very closely to the actual facts Of the
matter and they appear to be that
times are rather good In this country
at present. At least they have been
infinitely worse.
Plans are under way for the electri.
flcation Of the more important state
railways of Sweden. II Is expected
that the line running from Kiruma, In
the iron fields Of Lapland. to the Nor
way boundary will be the FIRST t.
change from steam to electricity. The
change is made necessary by the In
crease of traffic over the line, which
can te handled only by doubling the
tracks If steam propulsion be still ad
hered to. 1t is believed that electrifi
cation would be much more economi
cal than the construction of doubl,
| tracks.
When King Oscar and Queen Soft:
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary the city council of Stockholm
appropriated 100000 crowns for
home for the aged. 1t has now beer
decided that the home be erected on
at Sabbatsberg at cost Of 10000,
crowns. Thus 1t will be seen that 1
viii cost 100000 crowns more thar
was expected and tho city council ha.
now set about to raise another 10O,OOt
crowns.
A Stockholm dispatch tells us tina
the Swede who shot and killed Major
General Beckman, chief of the coast ar
tinery. June ~, shot himself the fol
lowing day. The shooting OF Genera
Beckman created shock in military
circles, az the general was very prom
inent and hishly respected officer.
The iead'ng nan in the Salvation