AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



there were 5,702,752 farms in France. The area 

 in farms (exploitations) was 122,015,015 acres. 

 The average size of farms was 21.4 acres. But 

 when we exclude all farms which are less than 

 2.47 acres (one hectare) the number of farms 

 is reduced to 3,467,347, while the acreage is re- 

 duced only to 118,735,256 and the average is in- 

 creased to 34.2 acres per farm. This is the total 

 area, which is, of course, greater than the culti- 

 vated area. The following table will be of inter- 

 est, as it is comparable to those for Germany, 

 England, and the United States. 



TABLE 4. THE FARMS OF FRANCE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING 

 TO SIZE, 1892. 



Total 5,702,752 100. o 



It is interesting to compare these tables, and 

 note the close resemblance between Germany and 

 France with respect to the size of farms, and then 

 to note that the average for England is much 

 greater. It would be exceedingly interesting to 



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