. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 146 AUSTRIA-HUNGAEY. Potatoes are largely grown, and viticulture is carried on with success. The Adriatic slopes yield olive oil, the northern provinces the beet employed in the manufacture of sugar. Tobacco, flax, and hemp are likewise important articles of cultivation. The forests are very extensive, but only in the Cis-Leithan provinces are they managed with care and intelligence. These Cis-Leithan provinces, though inferior in extent to the Trans Leithan ones, are fur more carefully cultivated. The extent of waste land capable of cultivation i
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 146 AUSTRIA-HUNGAEY. Potatoes are largely grown, and viticulture is carried on with success. The Adriatic slopes yield olive oil, the northern provinces the beet employed in the manufacture of sugar. Tobacco, flax, and hemp are likewise important articles of cultivation. The forests are very extensive, but only in the Cis-Leithan provinces are they managed with care and intelligence. These Cis-Leithan provinces, though inferior in extent to the Trans Leithan ones, are fur more carefully cultivated. The extent of waste land capable of cultivation is very small, whilst Fig. 88.—The Density of the Population of ArsTUiA-HuxGARY. Scale 1 : 12, Paris 10" f. Inhahitants to a Square Mile. ise-2os. 100 Miles. in Hungary vast tracts of swamp and steppe still await the ploughman's share.* The two halves of the empire exhibit similar differences as to their live stock. Hungary is poorer in horned cattle than Austria, but has more horses, pigs, and tsheep. The empire is richer in horses than any other state of Europe, Kussia * Distribution of the cultivated land in acres (1870) :— Cis-Leitliania. Arable land .... :^.5,12^,000 Meadows Pastures Forests Fallow 8,912,600 11,315,000 23,426,600 5,410,0(0 Trans - Leithania. 26,032,900 9,430,180 10,385,200 20,668,600 13,609,000. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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