Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08

to equal in any state in America. En-
tailed estates are rare, there being only
three in the country Thrce-fifths of
the farms are rated ut II sowing of 10
bushels of grain ant. five cattle, while
is per cent arc rated at two bushels
sowing and two COWS and two sheep.
The largest estates, of which there are
only 80, are rated at a sowing of 173
bushels of grain. and average - horses
and SO cattle. The aggregate annual
income from the farms, not counting
products used at home, IS estimated at
about IO,O0O.O0O kroner or about $4,000
600, which gives an average income of
s51 to each one of the working farm
population men and women.
Husbandry naturally falls into two
diVisions--ag and cattle rails
ing. Both Of these pursuits are every
where carried on. In connection with
each other, in all parts Of the country,
except in the extreme northern dis
tricts where agriculture is LIMITED to n
small production of potatoes. In the
southeastern part of the country, cult
waited plants and fruits, such as wal
nuts. grapes. tomatoes. peaches. april
cots and edible chcstnuts, may be rip
cneu under favorable circumstances In
the open air. so that agricultural con-
ditions are very diverse. Although oats.
as n bread cereal! Is gradually being
replaced by harley and rye, 1t still re-
mains the chief grain sown in most
districts OF the country. Inasmuch
however. as It requires from two to
three more weeks of growth than bar
ley, It's cultivation decreases in the
higher ATTITUDES and attitudes. The
average yield Is 40 bushels per acre.
The barley is entirely the six-rowed
kind. and is utilized for breadstufi 1t
Is pretty certain to mature up to the
10th degree Of latitude, where 1t ripens
in about eight weeks. The average
yield Is 80 bushels per acre. Mang-
corn. which Is u mixture of barley and
oats, is also extensively sown. as 1t
Yields better than either grain sown
separately and Is utilized partly for
human food and more generally for
stock, especially for fattcning swine.
Wheat Is rarely found north of the
Trondhjem F,jord. and even In the more
southern districts tho wheat areas are
small, from the fact of wheat being
less hardy and less productive than the
other grains. Only spring wheat IL
sewn, and the area Is about 10000 acres
with II yield of about 255.OOO bushels.
Rye, althouHl, the main bread cereal
of the country, IS not cultivated to tho
extent Of either oats or barley Its cul-
tvatlon, extends to the Ggth or 10th de-
gree of latitude. the region about
Iromso; and the annual time Of
growth for the winter rye Is nearly n
year. and for the spring ryc about four
months. The average yield Is q
bushels. Peas are raised around 'rrond-
h1em Fjord and produce about 25
bushels per acre.
1t may be- added that no country In
Europe exceeds Norway IN the average
production Of rye and Great Br!tain
exceeds tho barley and ont average by
but u small fraction, while only Dem
mark aud Great Britain exceed Nor
ways wheat average yield. 1t may be
worth while here to pause and compare
Russia's grain crops with those OF
Norway, the former q country OF com
fnarativcly fertile soil and OF genial eli
mate. but whore the idea of peasant
aproprletOrsh!p Is MS foreign as feudal-
ism Is in Norway. It Is difficult to find
any other reason than this one, of deg
radiation of agricultural labor. to ac-
count for Russin's average of only one
third OF the grain reaped by the far
lnorthman.
Potatoes are tho only root crop cul-
tivnted to any extent and are ono Of
the chief foods of the people Potatoes
are also used for the production of
spirits and starch. The kind usually
cultivated Is n round yellow sort, which
requires nm average time of growth OF
16 weeks. The area is about 100000
acres, and the average crop 2f0 bushels.
Turnips, kohlrabi, carrots, etc, are