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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS 



As regards output the factories are divided into the following four 

 groups : 



Value of output of 

 each factory 



i) less than £ i 064 . ... 



2) from £ I 064 to £ 10 640 



3) from £ 10 640 to £ 106 401; 



4) more than £ 106 400 . . . 



Totals 



6 437 900 



Value and distribution of the output of agricultural machinery 

 and implements in 1913 



£ 



/ Ploughs I 187000 



* Harrows and cultiva- 



' \ tors 147 000 



r Rollers 13 000 



Implements for soil cultivation 



I 347000 



n rows 654 000 



Drills \ special and combined 59000 



broadcast 41 000 



Machines and implements for hay making 



1' 



Sc3''thes 107000 



Mowers 900 



Rakes and tedders . . 3 000 



Baling presses .... 35 000 



Machines and implements for corn harvesting 



Sickles 58000 



Mowers 907 000 



Reapers 193000 



.... 400 



r 



\ Binders 



754 000 



147 900 



I 158 400 



Thrashing machines 



'' horse i 471 000 



* steam 



hand . 

 special 



Apparatus for winnowing and sorting grain. 

 Machinery for manufacture of feeding stuffs 



Motors 



Other agricultural niachines and implements 



The third group is thus the most important, Vv'hile the last, with only 

 9 woiks, produced 38.7 per cent of the Empire's total output. 



The total number of employees engaged in the industry' in 1913 was 

 about 40 000. 



The valite of the output of agricultural machiner}' and implements 

 in 1913 is divided as shown in the accompanying table. The production 

 of thrashing machines comes first, followed by cultivating, liarvesting 

 and sowing machines; then come niotor machinery, cleaning and sor1;ing 



