1252 



Agriculture Abroad. 



[mar., 



The following table sums up the total tonnage of plant food 

 produced for the year in question : — 



Production and Consumption of the various Plant-foods, 

 1912-13. 



Kind of 

 Manure. 



Nitrogen. 



Phosphoric Acid. 



Potash. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Import- 

 ation. 



Con- 

 sump- 

 tion. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Import- 

 ation. 



Con- 

 sump- 

 tion. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Import- 

 ation. 



Con- 

 sump- 

 tion. 



Anima! manure 

 Poudrette . . 

 Latrine 

 ArtificiaJ 



Manure . . 



Total 



tons. 

 100,836 

 333 

 3.90c 



2,017 



tons. 



4,081 



tone. 

 100,836 

 333 

 3.900 



6,098 



tons. 

 51,15^ 

 166 

 3,000 



3,515 



tons. 



28,891 



tons. 



51.156 

 166 

 3,000 



32,406 



tons. 

 117,745 

 133 

 1,200 



tons. 

 19,668 



tons. 

 "7,745 

 133 

 1,200 



19 668 



107,086 



4,081 



111,167 



57,837 



28,891 



86,728 



119,078 



19,668 



138,746 



[Note. — The totals for animal manure, calculated on the same basis as 

 Honcamp's figures above, work out respectively at Nitrogen and Potash, 

 67,836 tons, and phosphoric acid, 33,918 tons. This will reduce the three 

 total consumption figures to nitrogen, 78,167 tons, phosphoric acid, 

 69,490 tons, and potash, 88,837 tons.] 



{Sv. Allmanna Landthrukssalskaps Medlemshlad, No. 9, 1919.) 



By a law of 31st October, 191 9,* local authorities of the 

 French departments and communes are empow^ered to acquire 

 land for the purpose of re-selling in lots for 

 Peasant Jropr^^^^^^ j^^^^^^^^, ^^^^^^^^ ^^d small holdings. 



The lots for labourers' cottages, including 

 a garden, are not to exceed 10 ares (J acre) ; small holdings 

 of whatever area are not to exceed 10,000 francs (£400)! in 

 value. The preamble defines the object of the law as being 

 to facilitate the acquisition of small properties by labourers 

 and by poor families, and it is provided that in disposing of 

 the lots regard is to be had to the character of the applicants 

 and the number of children. Further, preference is to be 

 given to those who, for the purpose of purchase, have obtained 

 long term credit from a recognised source. The land is to be 

 offered at such a price that the local authorities neither gain 

 nor lose on the transaction ; the price is to be cash down. 

 The conditions imposed upon the purchaser are that properties 

 so acquired may not be disposed of for ten years, may not be 

 used for other purposes, and, in the case of a small holding, 

 that the land be. cultivated by the holder himself or with the 

 aid of members of his family. 



* Journal Official, ist November, 1919. 

 t Normal exchange. 



