GROWTH OF DANISH AGRICULTURE ioi 



towards education took place; the results of that move- 

 ment in the development of agriculture are to be seen 

 in the following figures, the most remarkable feature 

 of which is the way the rate of improvement has been 

 rising in the latter years of the period. 



Between 1896 and 191 2 the proportion the corn bears 

 to the other crops has remained almost constant at 

 40 per cent., i.e., two straw crops in a five year rotation, 

 but the proportion of root crops has risen from under 

 5 to over 12 per cent, of the agricultural area. 



The effect of the extension of the cultivated area and 

 other improvements is most strikingly to be seen in the 

 numbers of live stock, as follows : 



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