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plies. Of the acreage under crops : wheat and 

 rye account for, roughly, 1,100,000 acres, 

 1,500,000 acres are under barley, oats and 

 mixed corn, and an even larger acreage under 

 fo Ider and root crops. 



Holland's agricultural production is also largely 

 engaged with dairy products, in this case taking 

 the form of cheese, which almost doubles the 

 exports of butter. Here the United Kingdom's 

 purchases are considerably less than a quarter 

 of Holland's total exports. Of recent years they 

 have amounted to some 250,000 cwt., with a 

 tendency to decrease. Though only one-seventh 

 of the amount received from Canada, the supplies 

 reaching us from Holland rank third in our total 

 cheese imports. 



The story of Holland's agriculture is somewhat 

 similar to that of Denmark. Considerable quan- 

 tities of breadstuffs and feeding-stuffs are im- 

 ported. Perhaps the most noticeable difference 

 is the much larger acreage under sugar beet, 

 resulting in an export of nearly 100,000 tons ; 

 also a considerable acreage under vegetables 

 which are largely grown for export. Holland 

 is the principal external source of Belgium's 

 supplies of mutton, some 52,000 sheep and 37,000 

 lambs being consigned to that country in 191 1. 

 Holland's cattle exports have recently shown a 

 very considerable falling off. 



