Part IV: Agricultural Economy in General 



GERMANY. 



THE SUBDIVIvSION OF I,AND IN OIvD BAVARIA. 



OFFICIAL SOURCE : 



Beitrage zu Statistik des K5NIGREICHS Bayern. I^anchvirtschaftliche Betriebsstatistik 

 Bd. 51, 64, 81. Giiterzertrummeningen Bd. 59. Anhang 66 [Contributions to the Statistics of 

 the Kingdom of Bavaria. The Statistics of Farms. The Subdivision of Lands). 



OTHER SOURCES : 



Rabel (Dr. B.) lyandwirtschaftlidie Besitzverteilung und Besitzverschiebuiig in Altbayem 

 {The Distribtition and Conveyance of Farms in old Bavaria) I^eipzig, 191 5. 



Stechele (Dr. F.) : Die Giiterzertriiminerung und landwirtschaftliche Zwangsveraussungen 

 in Bayern {The Distribution of Lands and Forced Transference of Landed Property in Bavaria) 

 Annalen des Deutschen Reichs, Nos. 10-12, 1915. 



The name " Old Bavaria " is given to the three Bavarian provinces 

 of Oberbayern, Niederbayern and Oberpfalz, of which the area and popula- 

 tion are as follows : 



Area in Hectares (i) Number of Inhabitants 



Oberbayern . 1,704,653 1,434,792 



Niederbayern 1,076,756 702,450 



Oberpfalz 966,476 577,912 



3,747,885 2,715,154 



Agriculture employs the greater part of the population namely : 



in Oberbayern 62.7 per cent. 



" Niederbayern .... 65.6 



" Oberpfalz 59.7 " " 



(i) I hectare = 2.47 acres. 



