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THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



round numbers,' — to use the words in the 

 official report — five hundred thousand persons. 

 The number of holdings of from 1 acre to 5 

 acres in 1908 was 108,094; the number 

 between 5 and 50 acres was 231,819; and from 

 50 to 300 acres the number was 151,002; 



while over 300 acres the number of farms 

 reached 17,714. Thus, we have 339,913 

 holdings imder 50 acres in extent, or con- 

 siderably more than half the total number 

 of holdings in the country. The total area 

 of arable and pasture land included in each 

 size-group of holdings, together with the 

 total area of rough grazing attached to the 



