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ings of agricultural land above one acre in extent. 

 The following table shows the number of farms 

 of the various sizes and the percentage of the total 

 improved area of farm land which is found in 

 each class of farms. 



TABLE 2. THE FARMS OF ENGLAND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING 

 TO SlZE, WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL 

 IMPROVED AREA FOUND IN EACH CLASS, ACCORD- 

 ING TO THE RETURNS FOR iSps. 1 



Percent- 

 age of 

 Improved 

 Area 



1.07 

 4-87 

 8.36 

 1370 

 42.OO 

 16.86 



10.35 

 2.79 



IOO.OO 



C. The size of farms in Germany. 2 The total 

 number of farms in Germany, in 1895, was 5,558,- 

 317. The total area in these farms was 106,913,- 

 313 acres, so that the average size of farms was 

 19.2 acres. Under the term Betrieb, which may 

 be translated farm, is included every piece of land 

 large or small which is used for agricultural pur- 

 poses and which is cultivated or managed directly 



1 Board of Agriculture, Returns as to the number and size 

 of agricultural holdings in Great Britain in the year 1895, 

 Parliamentary Papers, C. 8243, p. 3. 



z Statistik des Deutschen Reichs, Neue Folge, Band 112, 

 Erster Abschnitt, Die landwirthschaftlichen Betriebe. 



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