Cultivated Area of Servia. 491 



Cultivated Area of Servia. 



In 1893 an exhaustive inquiry was conducted by the 

 Statistical Division of the Ministry of Agriculture at 

 Belgrade in order to ascertain the area of cultivated land 

 and its distribution under various crops in the Kingdom of 

 Servia. According to the published results of this inquiry, 

 which have only recently been issued, the total area of the 

 country is 11,930,742 acres, of which 6,686,459 acres were pro- 

 ductive at the date of the inquiry. 



The cultivated or productive land was distributed as fol 

 lows : — 





Acres. 





2,999,494 



Pastures and meadows 



1,479,^77 



Rough grazing and marsh pasturage - - - - 



603,495 



Vines - 



150,645 





257,044 





1,195,904 





6,686,459 



Of the land returned under crops, cereals occupied 

 2,789,199 acres, and of this area maize accounted for 

 Ij3I3>562 acres, while 783,162 acres were sown with wheat. 

 Among the remaining cereals oats ranked next to wheat 

 with 261,735 acres ; barley followed with 227,540 acres ; and 

 then rye with 147,755 acres. The estimated production of 

 each of the crops named in 1893 is given as under : — 



Crops. 



Total Production. 



Yield per Acre. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Maize - - - - - 



16,882,268 



13 



Wheat ------ 



8,707,687 



II 



Barley ------ 



2,412,129 



II 



Oats 



2,672,526 



10 



Rye 



1,226,425 



8 



In addition to the grain crop already mentioned, spelt 

 was grown on 45,516 acres; beans and peas on 21,023 acres ; 

 millet on 3,412 acres ; and buckwheat on 6,518 acres. 



The area under all kinds of vegetable and green crops was 

 75,708 acres, of which 20,883 acres were devoted to potatoes 

 and 20,056 acres to cabbages. 



