Before- tho Germans laid waste the country nearly tivo million acres of the soil of Belgium were- under cultivation. Calculating tho average value at from throe thousand to four thousand francs a liectaro (from £lB to £64 an acre), and taking into account the capital engaged in rural constructions, as well as in tho exploitation of the farm's, it. is estimated that the total value of Belgian agriculture is four hundred niillious sterling, and its annual product worth eight millions sterling.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1125, 19 December 1914, Page 9
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81Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 1125, 19 December 1914, Page 9
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