JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
OF ENGLAND. 
AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION IN 
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 
Considering the admitted importance of Austria-Hungary as 
an agricultural country, and the extent to which its products 
(such, for example, as wheat) come into competition with our 
own, it is a little surprising to find so few references to its 
agriculture in the pages of this Journal, or, indeed, in English 
literature generally. A recent visit to the country, as the 
official representative of the Society at the International Agri- 
cultural Congress of Vienna, appeared to afford an opportunity 
for obtaining some particulars as to the way in which agri- 
cultural affairs are managed and the cultivation of the soil is 
practised in Austria-Hungary ; and an attempt has therefore 
been made — it is believed for the first time — to bring under 
review in these pages all the factors of the agricultural adminis- 
tration and practice of the Empire. 
It is needless to say that this task has been by no means an 
easy one. It is always difficult for a foreigner to assess the 
proper value or proportion of the facts brought under his notice ; 
but many conversations on the spot, with officials and others, 
have been supplemented and corrected by a careful study at home 
of a great variety of official reports, documents, and statistics, and 
it is believed that the facts recorded below are as correct and as 
complete as the information available has rendered possible. 
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