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be without interest to compare the situation of the colonists' farms, from 

 the point of view of the Uvestock on them, with that of ordinary farms of 

 about the same area. On April ist., 1911, on 100 hectares farmed there were; 



(i) According to the General Statistical Return of 1909. 



It will not fail to be remarked how small is the number of sheep 

 and how great, on the other hand, the number of pigs on the colonis- 

 ation farms. 



Let us now see in what manner the colonists utiHse the land they have 

 obtained the grant of. The enquiry instituted by the Statistical Office 

 obtained information on this point with regard to 5,163 colonists, and the 

 following table allows of our making a comparison between their farms 

 and the total cultivated area of Denmark as shown in the Statistical Return 

 for 1907. 



Table IX. — Distribution of the Cultivated Soil. 



Autumn Sowing 



Spring Sowing 



Root plants and Tubers 



Fallow Land 



Gardens 



Other Farms 



Total 



Of ;,i63 Colonists' Farms 

 in 1911 



Hectares 



2,205 

 6,294 

 3.623 

 960 

 678 

 4.749 



18,509 



11.9 

 34-0 

 19.6 

 5-2 

 3-7 

 25.6 



lOO.O 



Of the Whole 



Area Cultivated 



in 1907 



% 



10.9 

 28.6 

 10.7 

 8.0 

 1.8 

 40.0 



lyct us, finally, add that of 5,149 farmers, 4,689 or 91 % were members 

 of co-operative dairies; 2,880 or 56 %, of co-operative slaughterhouses; 

 1,023 or 20 % of co-operative societies for the sale of eggs ; 94 or 1.8 % 

 of Hvestock improvement syndicates. These percentages, of which the first 

 two exceed the average for farmers of farms of the same area by 6 and 16 

 respectively, show the great importance of co-operation for the farmers. 



