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horse. I have also a reaping machine which mows and rakes into windrows ready for binding: a boy of twelve or thirteen years can sit upon a spring seat and drive the horses for this machine. I have also a part in a threshing machine owned together with my brothers, which is driven by eight horses; it threshses and winnows at the same time. It stands upon two carts; we can therefore, in a short time, move it from one place to another. My wife has three machines, one for weaving, one for sewing, and one for knitting. These are very handy for accomplishing work. I also own part in a saw mill driven by steam... it can saw from twelve to fourteen thousand feet of lumber per twenty-four hours. I am also [Tart owner in a mercantile store containing wares to the value of 20,000 riks dollars. J am at the present time foreman at this mercantile and am right now busy at sending barley to the railroad which shall bring it to the seacoast, and thence to England. Barley and other grains are very cheap here. I suppose that in Denmark it is quite the opposite. I shall now give you some information in brief about this Territory; its situation: its fertility. Territory is the same as 'Amt;-or county (rather as province). Hut the people here have more liberty than they had in Denmark. Each Ami chooses certain men that meet together once a year to enact laws for the welfare of the people. Utah Territory lies 3000 miles inland from the Eastern seacoast, and 1000 miles from the Western seacoast. or California. When we made our journey here, we came by railroad from New 88 |