Switzerland Is Not “Nation Of Shepherds .”
is still plenty of room on the Alps, of course, but in the last hundred years it is estimated that the population of Switzerland has doubled. The census for 1830 showed that two million Swiss abounded in their country, that of 1920 3.88 millions and the new census now being taken is expected to reveal about 4.1 millions. That Switzerland is no longer a “ nation of chepherds ” there is ample proof already'. The agricultural workers in 1830 constituted but 40 per cent of the people, in 1900 31.3 per cent and in 1920 only 26.3 per cent. If this sort of thing goes on the ski-ers from elsewhere will have to be asked to mind the sheep and do the yodelling. [*l BP! Sfl F*l REI i¥l HP! (¥1 [¥ll*ll¥ll*l RP! Rfl Hfl I*l EE l¥| SB PB OR
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 6
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145Switzerland Is Not “Nation Of Shepherds.” Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 6
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