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starting experimental farms, schools, etc. The appointment 

 of an Agricultural Minister has given the greatest satisfac- 

 tion, and has been most cordially approved. 



The gross value of the harvest in 1 896 for the whole country 

 is calculated to have been about £16,474,000, of which 

 £8,542,000 is for the islands, and £7,932,000 for Jutland. The 

 harvest in 1896, when compared with that of 1895, shows an 

 increase in value of £722,000, but is £83,000 less than the 

 average for the last five years. The amount of the harvest 

 was somewhat larger in 1896 than in 1895, but the considerable 

 increase in value is chiefly due to the prices having been 

 higher than in 1895. When compared with the last five 

 previous years, the amount in 1896 was on the whole larger 

 for all crops, but the prices were lower than the average 

 prices for the same period. 



The following table shows the estimated value of the 

 different crops in 1896 : — 



Crops. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Percentage. 









£ 





Wheat - - 



Bushels - 



4,938,843 



855,769 



5'I9 



Rye --- - 



>> * 



18,599,898 



2,344,756 



14-23 



Barley - 



>» 



22,012,206 



2,891,709 



17-55 



Oats - 



3 » 



36,065,028 



3,558,357 



21 *6o 



Buckwheat - 



5 , 



7493056 



95,573 



0-58 



Beans and peas, &c. - 





772,969 



126,316 



077 



Mixed seeds 



3 3 



8,085,324 



884,468 



5'37 



Potatoes - 



3 3 



20,602,494 



996,849 



6-05 



Fodder 



>J 



80,751,219 



i,i85,597 



7-20 



Beetroots - 



Cwts. 



4,067,925 



171,208 



1-04 



Colza - 



Bushels - 



27,876 



6,513 



0*04 



Clover - 



Lasts of 



1,259,903 



i,937,47i 



1 1 76 





1, 100 lbs. 







Hay - 



Lasts of 



1,204,816 



1,4193535 



8-62 





1,100 lbs. 









Total 







16,474,121 



I OO '00 



The breeding of pigs, taken as a whole, was not quite so 

 profitable as in 1895, as prices were so bad during the first 

 four months of 1896. Still, the production has increased. 

 During 1895, 191,000 pigs and 109,000,000 lbs. of pork and 

 bacon, and during 1896, 3,580 pigs and 154,000,000 lbs. 

 of pork and bacon were exported. The increase is thus 

 about 2 2,ooo,ooolbs., taking each pig on the average to be 

 i2olbs., so that it may be fairly taken that breeding pigs was 

 a profitable business in 1896. 



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