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776 X. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OF 8WEDbN.
Table 116. Imports and exports of articles of consumption, as Food or
Stimulant. (A krona = l’io shilling or 0-268 dollar.)
Average
for the
years
Imports. Value in thousands
of kronor.
Prodnoe
of
Agriculture and
Fishing.
Colonial [-Commodities.-]
{+Commo-
dities.+}
Other [-Commodities.-]
{+Commo-
dities.+} i
Total.
Exports. Value in thousands
of kronor.
Produce
of
Agriculture and
Fishing.
Colonial [-Commodities.-]
{+Commo-
dities.+}
Other [-Commodities.-]
{+Commo-
dities.+} <
Total.
1871/75.... 36,876 37,101 10,950 84,927 43,759 72 492 I 44,3» I
1876/80.... 55,593 44,076 8,939 108,608 48,846 97 1,143 ; Hm
1881/85..........62,436 40,604 13,110 116,ISO 47,803 177 2,274 56,254
1886/90.... 46,036 50,115 12,151 10»,302 58,879 691 3,437 63.617 1
1891/95..........50,304 47,6*8 12,071 110,06.1 74,480 1,136 1,203 ] 76.81»
11896/00..........61,224 40,952 17,073 119,24» 53,362 301 1,375 j 53.63)
In 1897.... 48,138 41,607 13,287 109,032 52,893 221 1,040 54,154
» 189S.... 60,768 37,083 17,628 115,479 55,321 159 1,793 57.273
. 1899... 71,691 38,635 21,992 132,318 51,621 135 1,170 52,1*
» 1900.... 79,720 45,584 20,564 145,868 43,894 336 | 2,145 • 46,375 ,
in 1900 to nearly 100 millions, on account of failure of the crops in
1899. In general, the deficit is caused especially by the colonial
commodities; exclusive of these, the exports have been preponderant for the
years 1886/95, but not in recent times, and the prospects at least for
the immediate future are not altogether favourable.
Floar-Mills.
In all parts of the country there are to be found mills, often very
small in size, where the farmers of the neighbourhood get their grain
ground. In a large number of cases, such mills are worked by the aid
of a waterfall, the supply of that motive force being a very abundant
one. Only in a few of the Swedish provinces, such as Skåne and
Vestergötland, which are characterized by extensive plains, are water-mills
replaced by wind-mills, by reason of the absence of water-power. Thanks
to improvements introduced in the construction of both water-mills and
wind-mills, these have of recent years been placed in a position to utilize
more effectively these forces of nature, yet this has not prevented that
other motive force, steam, from making inroads and, in part at any rate,
from transforming the milling industry; a steam mill can be erected almost
anywhere, thus for instance at a seaport town in direct connection with
commerce in flour. Many farmers who in former days had their own
grain ground at the nearest mill, now find it profitable to sell their grain
and buy the flour they require. The large mercantile mills naturally
seek to turn out a flour that shall be as excellent and uniform in quality
as possible; that, of course, primarily depends on the quality of the grain.
These trading mills, therefore, are instrumental in improving the quality
1 Fruit and garden-plants, etc.; also drinkables.
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