876
GERMAN EMPIRE
the soil, aocordiiig to the latest official returns (1900), was as follows (in acres: — Arable land, vineyards, and other cultivated lands, 05,199,530; grass, meadows, ])ermanent pasture, 21,397,300 ; woods and Ibrests, 34,569,800 ; all other, 12,383,390.
On June 12, 1907, the total number of agricultural enclosures (including arable land, meadoAvs, cultivated pastures, orchards, and vineyards) each cultivated by one household, was as follows : —
Under 2"47 acres 2*47 to 24*7 acres;24'7 to 247 acres 247 acres «fe over
2,73 ,055
2,30fi,529
074,932
23,56(5
Total
5,730.0S2
On June 12, 1907, these farms employed 15,169,549 persons ; in the year ending June 12, 1907, the greatest number employed at the same time was 19,732,424.
The areas under the principal crops, in acres were as follows : —
—
1909 4,528,460
1910 4,901,010
1911 4,935,495
1012
Wheat
4,814,027
Rye .
15,326,830
15,465,830
15,171,950
15,670,390
Barley (Summer)
4,115,890
3,926,130
3,963,012
3,973,980
Oats .
10,774,920
10,723,020
10,818,862
10,966,335
}*otatoes
8,309,330
8,240,210
8,303,705
8,353,675
Hay .
14,903,840
14,902,690
14,827,995
14,806,530
Vines
286,840
281,380
275,077
272,265
Tobacco
40,460
38,550
38,510
39,440
Hops .
72,410
68,670
66,710
67,530
Beet .
1,130,563
1,180,435
1,243.652
The total yield of their products in the years indicated, in metric tons (1 metric ton = 2,204 lbs. or "984 an English ton), or hectolitres (hectolitre = 22 gallons), was as follows : —
1900
1910
1911
1912
Metric
Metric
Metric
Metric
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Wheat .
3,755,747
8,861,479
4,006,335
4,360,024
Rye .
]1,34S,415
10,511,160
10,800,110
11,508,280
Barley .
- <,4<)5,«l(i
2,002,038
3,150,015
3,481,074
Oats .
0,125,810
7,900,370
7,704,101
8,520,183
Potatoes
40,700,252
43,408,305
34,374,225
50,20!t.460
Hay .
22,140,027
11,043,657
7,070,465
7,940, 1S2
Hops .
6,058
20,411
10,628
20,504
Tobacco
2S,17S
28,863
28,554
—
Wine. Hectol. .
2,020,(120
840,139
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In 1900 there were within the Empire 16^,432,000 (ruit trees, comjjri.sing 52,332^000 apple-trees, 25.116,000 pear-trees, 69,436,000 plum-trees, and 21 ,548,000 cherry-trees.
