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Show British Arable Land, in Great Britain, out of 32.2CG.75S acres classified In 100C as cultivated land, 17,244,734 acros wero under "pormanont grass," leaving a totnl of only IG.022,021 acres of "arablo land," only 2G.7 per cent, of tho total land Burfnco. That is tho reason Grent Britain Is compelled to Import so much foodstuffs of tho farm and to keop them on hor "frco of. duty" list. No less than 30,7 por cent, of tho land Is under "permanent grass;" tho grass nrea Is stendlly Increasing, whllo tho "arablo land"' is decreasing. |