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GEEMANY. 



In the year immediately following the great war of 1870-71, the number of 

 emigrants rose to 138,213, mostly men in the prime of life. Fortunately for 

 Germany this exodus has not continued, and in 1877 the number of emigrants was 

 only 21,964. Even now, however, their number is far larger in Germany than 

 that of immigrants, and foreigners are but rarely met with in some parts of the 

 empire.* 



Agriculture. 



The migration of the i^ural population into the towns has proved injurious to 

 the progress of agriculture in certain parts of Germany ; still that branch of 



Fig. 206.— Density ov Population in Germany. 



According to TTet'Ier. 



Injiabit.ants to a Square Mile 





national labour annually increases in importance. It no longer occupies the 

 energies of nine- tenths of the population ; but, thanks to the introduction of 

 superior methods of cultivation, the land yields richer harvests now than formerly, 

 notwithstanding the smaller number of labourers employed upon it. Some parts 

 of the country are tilled with great care, and even sterile tracts have been success- 

 fully brought under cultivation. 



* The popTilation of the German Empire, acc^a-ding to birthjjlaees (1871) : Germany, 40,831,448 ; 

 Austria-Hungary, 75,792; Switzerland, 24.518; Holland, 22,042; Denmark, 15,16ï; Sweden and 

 Norway, 12,345; North America, 10,698; England, 10,105; Belgium, 5,097; Luxemburg, 4,828; 

 France, 4,07 1 ; Italy, 4,019. 



