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farmer of land rarely implies ownership of that land 

 In Denmark the tenant has been practically eliminated, 

 and whatever profits he used to make go into the 

 pocket of the owner, namely himself, which to my 

 mind is one of the factors that build up Danish agri- 

 cultural prosperity. 



The following table, published in 1907, will show 

 how Danish properties were divided as to number 

 and size. It will be observed that at that time and 

 since 1907 the proportion has varied little if at all 

 there were only 2392 properties that comprised more 

 than 270 acres of land, of which the total acreage 

 amounted to 1,539,273. As against this there were 

 247,691 properties varying from >]\ acres to 270 

 acres, and comprising 6,637,896 acres of land. I 

 may add that in 1906, out of Denmark's population 

 of 2,600,000, over 54 per cent, belonged to the agri- 

 cultural classes. 



Area. Number. T l al Area ' 



Acres. 



7 J- acres and under 116,614 239,604 



7i to 11J acres 16,988 159,832 



nt0 22 28,992 473,59 s 



22|t0 33f 17,723 49 6 >9 62 



33fto67j 35,257 1,752,121 



67i to 135 ....... 25,615 2,346,295 



135 to 270 6,502 1,169,484 



270 to 540 1,570 574,946 



540 acres and over 822 964,327 



To return to the subject of the State small-hold- 

 ings. The reader of these pages will have noticed 

 that such holdings are the object of hostile criticism 

 from many of the larger landowners in Denmark. 

 Indeed, what may be called the Conservative party 

 there seems to disapprove of them on principle, as is 

 the case in other countries. Thus I have before me 



