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AUSTRIA

The cultivation of the soil is an important industry, furnishing employment to nearly half the population. The proportion of productive land is greatest in Dal matia, Silesia, Moravia, Buko- wina, Bohemia, and Galicia ; least in Salzburg and Tyrol.

As to tlie distribution of the soil in Austria, we have the following results taken from the latest official figures : —

Percentage of total area Arable and garden land. . . . . .367

Vineyard O'S

Pastures and meadows. . . . . . . 23*8

Woodlands 32-6

Lakes and fishponds. . . . . . 0'4

Total area subject to taxation Exempt from taxes

Total

94-3 57

. 100-0

In 1897 the total area cultivated was 28,176,532 hectares, while 9777,414 hectares were under woods and forests. The following table shows tiie area in thousands of hectares (2 47 acres) of the leading crops, the total produce in thousands of hectolitres (275 Ijushels dry, 22 gallons liquid measure) or of quintals, and also the produce per hectare in hectolitres or quintals.

1897

3a in

000

tares

duce 1,000 olitres

Produce

jjer

hectare

in hectol.

1897

- 0=1

Produce in 1,000

Produce per hectare

<^M

hectolitres

in hectolitres

quintals

quintals

Wheat.

1,058

12,637

11-9

Potatoes.

1,160

80,011

69

Barley

1,17:^

17,534

15-0

Sugar beet

211

49,206

233 1

Oats

1,911

33,888

17-7

Beet(other)

154

24,336

161-8

Rye

1,839

23,197

12 6

hectolitres

hectolitres

Pulse

278

3,009

10-8

Vineyards.

253

2,775

10-9

Buckwheat.

155

1,856

12-0

quintals

quintals

Maize.

336

4,977

14-8

ToV)acco.

4-1

63

15-3

Other cereahs.

89

1,318

14-8

Hops

17

84

3-7

Hemp

35

184

5-3

Flax. . 83

400

4-8

The following show the average produce of the leading crops in quintals per hectare for the ten years 1886-95: — Wheat, 10 '8; rye, 111; barley, 9 '9 ; oats, 8 "9 ; maize, 12*4 ; potatoes, 791 ; wine, 16 "0 hectolitres ; sugar beet, 208 '0 metre-centners.

Barley and wine are most largely exported, though in some years con- siderable quantities of wheat are also exported.

In Austria in 1891 there were 1,548,197 horses, 8,643,936 cattle, 3,186,787 sheep, 3,549,700 pigs, and 1,035,832 goats.

The total value of the Austrian live stock was estimated at 487 million florins. The export of horses, cattle, and sheep far exceeds the imports.