PRODUCT TON AND INDUSTRY
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The five cruiser* last named are lat.- enemy vessels, all ex-German except the Thionville, which was Austrian. OtLer'old French cruisers in ti are the Cassard, d'Entrecasteanx, d i Chayla, Descartes, and
Lavoisier. During the war 55 despatch vessels were put in hand, of which nearly 40 have been completed. Ten ex-German submarines have been added to the French flotilla ; also a powerful destroyer flotilla leader, and 12 ex-German and Austrian destroyers.
Production and Industry. I. Agriculture.
Of the total area of France (132,381,447 acres) 24,716,752 acres were under forests in 1912, and 9.4S3.625 acres were returned as moor and un- cultivated land, and 98,181,070 acres, of which 59,127,750 acres were arable, were returned as under crops, fallow and grass. The following tables show the area under the leading crops and the production (1 metric ton = 2205 lbs. ) for three years : —
Area (1,000 acres)
Crop
lyls>
1919 1920
Produce (1,000 metric toos)
1918
Wheat Mixed Corn Rre . Barley . Oats Potatoes .
•. fu^-ar
11,370
12,1*5
6,144
4,965
238
235
96
1,4-24
2.022
735 :
i
1.44W
1.S75
500 ,
S,M0
2.562
2.404
3.175
—
—
—
1,-1 «1
'
6,271 706 843
771
1 Provisional.
The annual production of wine and cider appears as follows : —
Under
Wine produced
Wine Import,
- xporl-
Ci.lr-r pro-
thousauds of
ih'.tisaiids of
UneeU l.Ouos
1,441
gallons
gallons
of gallons
114,760
41,010
A"00
1917
3,8-'".
"94
230,560
•.TO
MS
IMS
3,7 s --
-
.>.96«
9,87-
35,310
1919
1.1
140,140
24.071
491,326
—
1,31" "
—
—
212.005
The production of fruits (other than for cider making) and nuts for 1920 is given in metric tons, as follows: — Apples 68,480, pears 34,315, olives 22,864, cherries 21,614, plums 20,177, peaches 17,255, apricots 7,466, oranges 553. mandarins 211, lemons 1*20, strawberries 6,737, currants 2.153, gooseberries 988, raspl>erries 760, figs 3,047, chestnuts 152,924, walnuts 31,440, almonds 4,370, truffles 62, and filberts 106.
On December 31, 1919, the numbers of farm animals were : H 2,413,190; mules, 167,180; asses, 303,100; cattle, 12,373,660 (12,71 in 1920) ; sheep and lambs. 8.990,990 (9,376,630 in 1920) ; pigs, 4,080,360 (4,585,280 in 1920) ; goats, 1,166,770.
