OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Fia. 2. Proportion of the cultivated area which is given to 

 cereals altogether, and to wheat, in Belgium. The square 

 which encloses the wheat square represents the area given 

 to both wheat and a mixture of wheat with rye. 



imported food. In the years 1880-1885 the soil 

 of Belgium supplied with home-grown food no 

 less than 490 inhabitants per square mile, and 

 there remained something for export no less 

 than 1,000,000 worth of agricultural produce 

 being exported every year to Great Britain. 

 But it is not possible to say with certitude 

 whether the conditions are the same at the 

 present time. 



Since 1880, when the duties on imported 



