The results of the agricultural census were published in four volumes between 1898 and 1900. The following data originating from the publication are available on this website.
Theme | Contents |
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Agrarian population | Number of family members, wage-earners and permanent domestic staff of at least 12 years old who usually worked in agriculture |
Livestock | Number of horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and beehives |
Area | Surface area subject to and not subject to land tax; exploited surface area owned and rented (hectare) |
Crops | Distribution of the area in relation to applied crops in 1895 (hectare) |
Farms | Number of exploitations owned in full, mostly owned, rented in full and mostly rented by farm size |
Wages | Average daily wage for unskilled labourers, excluding and including food made available by the employer (centime per gender) |
Land prices | Average purchase price and lease price for farmland and pasture land (frank per hectare) |
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