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THE EXTENT OF CULTIVATED LAND.
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Table 61. The distribution of the area by Låns, in 1900.
(A Bq. kilometer = 247 acres or 0386 sq. mile).
Läns. Entire land area. 8q. km. Whereof in sq. kilometers. In % of area.
Cultivated land. Natural meadow. Wood». Other land. [-Cultivated-] {+Culti- vated+} land. [-Meadow.-] {+Mea- dow.+} Woodi. Other land.
Stockholm........... 7,475 1,665 326 4,081 1,403 228 44 54-6 18-7
Uppsala.............. 3,121 1,483 383 2,793 462 29-0 7-5 54-6 90
Södermanland...... •,271 1,691 124 2,848 1,608 270 20 45-4 25-6
Östergötland....... MM 2,429 624 6,176 740 24-4 6-2 620 7’4
Jönköping........... 10.616 1,300 1,633 4,037 3,646 12-8 15-4 380 348
Kronoberg........... 8,m 868 1,113 2,517 4,409 9-7 126 28-8 496
Kalmar.............. 16.962 1.682 733 5,569 2,978 15-8 6-7 50-8 27-2
Gotland.............. 3,117 663 320 1,373 771 210 10-8 440 24-7
Blekinge............. 2,8M 647 173 1,154 922 22-8 60 39-9 31-8
Kristianstad........ 6,222 2,293 526 2,064 1,339 36-8 8-5 33-2 21-6
Malmöhus............ 4,72* 3,495 237 650 847 739 50 13-8 78
Halland.............. 4,771 1,364 278 784 2,346 28-6 5-8 164 49 2
Göteborg o. Bohus 4,895 1,011 116 1,166 2,603 207 28 23 8 532
Elfsborg............. 11,828 2,146 579 6,005 3,098 18-1 4-9 50-8 26-2
Skaraborg........... 8,075 3,264 413 3,027 1,371 40-4 61 37-6 170
Vermland............ 17,550 2,047 451 13,632 1,420 11-7 2-6 77-6 81
Örebro................ 8,318 1,538 325 5,211 1,244 185 3-9 62-6 150
Vestmanland....... 6,434 1,537 227 3,436 1,234 23-9 3-5 53-4 192
Kopparberg......... Gefleborg ............ 28,150 1,015 960 20,724 5,451 36 34 73-6 19-4
18,314 1,006 777 14,948 1,583 5-5 4-2 81-6 8-7
Vesternorrland..... 24,128 804 462 20,043 2.829 3-8 1-9 831 117
Jemtland............. 47,512 521 409 29,480 17,102 11 0-9 620 360
Vesterbotten........ 55,766 757 1,710 26,110 27,192 1-4 31 46-8 487
Norrbotten.......... 99,166 359 1,717 29,243 67,847 0-4 1-7 29-5 68-4
Entire kingdom 411,195 35,575 14,605 207,071 153,944 8’6 3-6 504 374
entirely waste, by the draining of low districts, the cultivation of
fen-lands, and by the tapping of lakes. Of låte years the State has
granted cultivation-loans very extensively (for this, the reader is
referred to the special division in the pages following). A special account
is also given in the following pages of the great activity nowadays
displayed by the Swedish Fen-culture society.
The division of cultivated ground with respect to the chief kinds
of crops produced is seen, for the years 1870 and 1900, from the
following figures:
In 1870. In 1900. Per cent.
Hectares. Hectares. 1870. 1900.
Cereals....................................... 1,294,000 1,707,313 50’8 48’5
Fodder plants............................... 690,000 1,190,226 27 1 33 8
Roots.......................................... 154,000 203,575 6 0 5 8
Fallow....................................... 388,000 413,906 158 118
Other plants than above................ 21,000_4.861 0’8 01
Total 2,S47,000 3,319,881 100 0 100 0
The figures for 1870 given above are certainly somewhat too low.
To obtain the total area of cultivated ground, we must besides add the
area of garden-land, estimated in 1870 at 26,397 hectares (too low a
figure), and in 1900 at 37,661 hectares.
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