Der österreichische Exporteur

The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1758074884

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135614

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Der österreichische Exporteur

Edition:: [2. Aufl]

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher:: [Kammer für Handel, Gewerbe und Industrie]

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: 240 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: The Austrian Exporter

Collection:: Economics Books

the Agricultural Schedule) filled up voluntarily by the occupiers of all holdings over one acre.* This method of obtaining direct returns in writing from the occupier is probably the most accurate and reliable method of obtaining information of this type— provided the occupier is willing to supply the information and to take a little trouble in doing so. No one is in a better position than the actual occupier to state the area under the different crops growing on the farm or the number of live stock, and he has no obvious reason for giving erroneous information. In general, the particulars are supplied very willingly, the number of actual refusals being relatively small. The results, moreover, are not materially affected by these refusals, as in most cases it is possible to get approximate information by local enquiry. Small errors must naturally arise from mistakes in measurement or other incorrect statements, but with the large number of returns these inaccuracies should tend to balance one another. The main difficulty in connection with the collection of these annual statistics lies in ensuring that all holdings are enumerated. The frequent changes in occupation, especially in recent years, the combination or division of farms, and the withdrawal of land for building or other purposes make the task of seeing that all the agricultural land in the country is accounted for a very serious one. A proportion of holdings do, in fact, escape enumera- tion, especially in the case of the smaller occupations under five acres, though the total area omitted from the returns in this way is a very small proportion of the agricultural area of the country. An essential feature of the Agricultural Schedule is that the information asked for is such as the occupier is well able to supply ; thus, the questions relate only to the acreage under the various crops on the farm, the number of live stock of different ages, the labour employed, or other facts which the occupier either knows or can easily find out. The questions, moreover, relate solely to the actual position on the farm at a given date, viz., June 4th each year. Estimates of production.—Annual estimates of the production of the principal crops were first collected in 1884. There are two methods by which knowledge of the total production of any particular crop can be obtained. Application can be made to the grower or an estimate can be made by a competent observer. A variation of this is the sampling method by which the production of numerous sample plots is ascertained each year and the production of the country is calculated on the basis of the results obtained from these sample plots. At first sight it would seem * The Agricultural Returns Act, 1925, made these returns compulsory but did not come into force until 1926. The annual returns were, however, compulsory under the Corn Production Act, 1917, from the year 1918 until the Act was repealed in 1921. The information obtained in connection with the Census of Production has been obtained voluntarily on each occasion, as agriculture has not been prescribed as a trade under the Census of Production Act. 1906.

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