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twenty years the decline has been par- 

 ticularly rapid. But in the countries in 

 which small holdings are very common, 

 the women work equally with the men — 

 in fact, the holdings are practically family 

 holdings. 



In Germany, for example, if we compare 

 the year 1895 with 1882 we find that the 

 number of women employed in agriculture 

 has actually increased by over 200,000, the 

 total now employed being over 2J millions. 

 During the same time the number of men 

 agriculturists diminished. The total number 

 of men employed in agriculture in Germany 

 is, however, still double that of the women. 



In Austria the number of women em- 

 ployed in agriculture is actually greater 

 than the number of men, by about 40,000, 

 the total number of women so employed 

 being over 4,000,000 In Austria, however, 

 since the last census, the number of women 



