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popnlation of Prussia in 1007. The following table sliows the number of per- 

 sons engaged on different-sized farms: 



Persons actively engaged in agriculture in Prussia. 



Other tables are given showing the number of persons engaged in agriculture 

 in each Province or subdivision, also the kind of work in which they are 

 engaged. 



Depopulation of rural districts in France, W. H. Hunt {Daily Cons, and 

 Trade Rpts. [U. S.}, 16 (1918), No. 210, pp. 1386, 1387).— This report shows 

 that according to an inquiry made by the minister of agriculture the number 

 of persons employed in agricultural pursuits in France decreased from 4,000,000 

 in 1862 to 3,000,000 in 1892 and to 2,320,000 in 1913, or a decrease of about 40 

 per cent in half a century. " Irregular work, long periods of enforced idleness, 

 poverty resulting from bad harvests, frequent recurrence of certain calamities — 

 hail, blight mildew, etc. — induce them to abandon the soil and look elsewhere 

 for better-paid work." 



Data are given showing the working hours and farm wages for day laborers in 

 different sections of the country. 



Condition of Danish agriculture during 1911 (Tid^skr. Landohonomi, 1912, 

 Nos. 7, pp. 434-463: 8, pp. 489-504; 9, pp. 537-553; 12, pp. 698-721; 13, pp. 761- 

 778, 779-795). — The general condition of Danish agriculture in its various 

 phases during the year 1911 is discussed in this volume by different specialists, 

 as follows: Animal husbandry, by A. Appel ; horse raising, by J. Jensen; crop 

 production, by K. Hansen; Denmark's trade in agricultural products with for- 

 eign countries, by *N. C. Christensen ; dairy exports, 1911-1912, by B. Boggild ; 

 and meteorological conditions, 1911-12, by H. Hansen. 



[Area, population, agricultural production, etc., in Canada, 1911-12] 

 (Canada Yearbook, 1912, pp. 1-301). — This is an official publication giving in 

 addition to other data a statistical census as to area, population, agricultural 

 production, imports, exports, etc., of Canada for 1911-12 by Provinces and Ter- 

 ritories, with comparison with former periods in a number of instances. 



Tables showing the urban and rural population give for the whole country 

 3,280,964 of the former, an increase of 62.28 per cent over 1901 ; and 3.925,679 

 of the latter, an increase of 17.20 per cent during the- same period. In the 

 Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario 

 there has been an actual decline in the rural population since 1901. but a 

 marked increase in the urban population. 



The estimated total area under field crops in 1912 was 32,449,420 acres, yield- 

 ing a harvest value of $511,951,100. Tables arc given showing the acreage, 

 yield, value, etc., of the leading crops, together with data as to the production, 

 value, etc., of butter and cheese in 1900, 1907, and 1910. 



