Recent statistics of French rural economy

Abstract

It is the practice in France to have, in addition to annual returns, a general agricultural enquiry or census every ten years. The last began in 1882, but its results were only published this year. This delay, due to official economy, detracts from the interest of the figures relating to produce and prices; but the information relating to the more slowly changing facts of rural economy, the distribution of property, the number, size, and method of occupation of farms, the price of land, wages, etc., is of more enduring interest. The more perfect administrative organisation for collecting information, the now almost completed cadastre, and the experience gained in former enquiries, have made this more complete and exhaustive than any previous one.