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are amongst the most important articles of export. The breeds of horses are as 

 highly valued as those of sheep and horned cattle. The large horses of Zealand 

 are the ancestors of our dray-horses ; the light-limbed horses of Ameland are 

 supposed to be descended from Spanish jennets ; the black trotting horses of 

 Friesland are highly prized throughout Holland ; whilst the horses of Grelderland 

 may vie in beauty with those of Hanover and Holstein, M. de Laveleye, in 1860, 



Fig. 277. — Density of Population ln THji Netheklands. 



Over 5IS iHhabita.ts lu u g^uarf MUe. 

 .. 200 



Over 307 Inhabitaitis to a Square Mile. 



Over 103 Inhabitants to a Square X..t 



valued the agricultural produce of Holland at £20,000,000, and we may safely 

 assume that it has doubled since.* 



* Agricultural statistics for 1875 : — Com, 1,432,729 acres (17-6 per cent.) ; other crops and fallow, 

 397,808 acres (Ô-5 per cent.) ; grass under rotation, 430,733 acres (5-3 per cent.) ; meadows and pastures, 

 2,761,129 acres (33-9 per cent.) ; woods, 486,229 acres (5-3 per cent.) ; water, 389,760 acres (4-8 per cent.) ; 

 uncultivated, including towns, &c., 2,252,900 acres (27"6 per cent.). Average produce per acre, in 

 bushels:— Wheat, 26-3; oats, 45-6; barley, 44'3; rye, 19-6; potatoes, 166-8. 



Live stock :— 260,056 horses, 923,333 cows, 542,358 other kinds of cattle, 941,067 sheep, 338,646 pigs, 

 153,082 goats. In 1872 12,837 tons of butter and 11,661 tons of cheese were made. 



