SUMMARISED DATA ON FARM IN GERMANY,
FRANCE, BELGIUM, BRITAIN, U.S.A. AND DENMARK
FROM THE CENSUSES OF THE 1880s AND 1890s 90
Number of
Number of
Area under
Area under
Farm area farms
%
farms
%
farms
%
farms
%
1882
1895
1882
1895
Under 2 ha
3,068,831
58.03
3,236,367
58.23
1,825,938
5.73
1,808,444
5.56
 2- 5
981,407
18.60
1,016,318
18.28
3,190,203
10.01
3,285,984
10.11
 5- 20
926,605
17.56
998,804
17.97
9,158,398
28.74
9,721,875
29.90
 20- 100
281,510
5.34
281,767
5.07
9,908,170
31.09
9,869,837
30.35
 > 100 ha
24,991
0.47
25,061
0.45
7,786,263
24.43
7,831,801
24.08
Total:
5,276,344

5,558,317

31,868,972

32,517,941

1882
1892
1882
1892
Under 1 ha
2,167,667
38.22
2,235,405
39.21
1,083,833
2.19
1,327,253
2.68
 2- 5
1,865,878
32.90
1,829,259
32.08
5,597,634
11.29
5,489,200
11.12
 5- 10
769,152
13.56
788,299
13.82
5,768,640
11.63
5,755,500
11.65
 10- 40
727,222
12.81
7 1 1 , 1 1 8
12.47
14,845,650
29.93
14,313,417
28.99
 > 40 ha
142,088
2.51
138,671
2.42
22,296,105
44.96
22,493,393
45.56
Total:
5,672,007

5,702,752

49,591,862

49,378,763

1880
1895
Under 2 ha
709,566
78.0
634,353
 2- 5
109,871
12.1
 5- 20
74,373
8.2
 20- 50
12,186
1.3
50 ha and >
3,403
0.4
3,584
Total:
909,399

829,625
Belgium
France
Germany


1895
1895
 1-5 acres
117,968
22. 7
366,792
1. 13
 5- 20
149,818
28. 8
1,667,647
5. 12
 20- 50
85,663
16. 5
2,864,975
8. 79
 50- 100
66,625
12. 8
4,885,203
15. 00
 1 00- 300
81,245
15. 6
13,875,914
42. 59
 300- 500
13,568
2. 6
5,113,945
15. 70
 500-1,000
4, 616
0. 9
3,001,184
9. 21
1,000 and >

0. 1
801,852
2. 46
1880
520, 106

1880
32,577, 513

1880
1890
1880
Under 10 acre
139,241
150, 194
 1 0- 20
254,749
265,550
 20- 50
781,574
902, 777
 50- 100
1,032,810
1, 121, 485
 100- 50 0
1,695,983
2,008,694
 500-1,000
75,972
34,395
 > 1,000
28,578
31,546
4,008,907
4,564,641
536,081,835
623,218,619
1885
1895
1885
1895
Under 2.5 ha
117,816
125,602
6,226
6,349
 2.5- 10
67,773
66,591
34,506
34,102
 10- 40
43,740
44,557
96,685
98,107
 40- 120
27,938
27,301
172,282
169,195
 Over 120 ha
1,953
2, 031
55, 153
56,822
259,220
266,082
364,852
364,575
Written in June-September 1901
First printed in the Fourth Russian edition
Printed from the original