504 AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS 



435. Consumption of Potash for Agricultural Purposes in Dif- 

 ferent Countries. The following tables show the consumption 

 of potash for agricultural purposes in the principal countries of 

 the world for six years, and the relative quantity used per acre 

 of land under cultivation : 



(a) TOTAL CONSUMPTION IN TONS CALCULATED IN PURE POTASH (K 2 O). 



Country . 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 



Germany 60,182 75,585 89,683 96,414 107,688 117,712 



United States ... 33,907 38,018 46,628 51,663 50,855 66,595 



France 5,033 5,892 7,266 6,532 8,772 8,229 



Sweden 5,061 5,719 6,869 7, 6 37 6,892 8,197 



Holland 2,542 2,964 4,091 5,032 6,021 7,106 



England -| ~\ 3,165 3,871 4,014 4,020 



Scotland j- 4,088 I 4,569 1,487 1,782 2,584 3,370 



Ireland . J 297 285 412 600 



Belgium 2,881 2,681 2,829 3, no 3,367 3,607 



Austria-Hungary 1,045 1,196 i,349 1,630 2,256 2,389 



Spain 369 456 770 1,128 1,953 2,428 



Denmark 834 1,071 1,030 1,375 1,320 1,692 



Russia 467 620 625 i,on 1,037 1,597 



Italy 883 792 938 1,235 1,197 1,380 



Switzerland 833 876 953 931 1,038 1,026 



Finland 181 332 466 566 505 382 



Norway 69 107 164 252 238 286 



Portugal 68 46 44 119 13 43 



(6) CONSUMPTION OF PURE POTASH (K,O) CALCULATED IN 

 POUNDS PER loo ACRES ARABLE LAND. 



Arable land 



Country in acres 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 



Germany 86,971,300 152.5 191.6 227.3 244.3 273.0 298.3 



Holland 5,012,100 111.7 J 3-3 J 79-9 212.3 264.7 312.5 



Sweden 8,622,000 129.3 146.2 175.5 I 95- 2 176.2 209.5 



Scotland 3,641,200 77.3 86.3 90.0 107.8 156.5 204.0 



Belgium 5,232,800 121.3 112.9 119.2 131.0 141.8 151.9 



Denmark 6,305,000 29.2 37.5 36.0 48.1 46.1 59.1 



England 16,915,400 33.3 37.2 41.2 50.4 52.3 52.4 



Norway 1,412,900 10.7 16.7 25.7 39.3 37.1 44.7 



Switzerland 5,258,700 35.0 36.8 40.0 39.0 43.5 43.0 



United States ... 348,212,300 21.5 24.1 29.5 32.7 32.2 42.2 



Finland 2,755,100 14.5 26.3 37.3 45.3 40.4 30.6 



Ireland 5,322,500 10.6 11.9 12.3 n.8 17.0 24.8 



France 92,649,800 12.0 14.0 17.3 15.5 20.9 19.5 



Spain 72,201,100 1.2 1.4 2.3 3.5 6.0 7.4 



Italy 50,421,000 3.8 3.5 4.1 5.4 5.3 6.1 



Austria-Hungary 99,416,900 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.7 50 5.3 



Portugal 11,329,000 1.3 0.9 0.9 2.3 0.3 0.8 



Russia 515,055,200 0.2 ' 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 



