Switzerland Economic Conditions and Finance

Switzerland Economic Conditions and Finance

Economic conditions. – According to the 1941 census, the agricultural population amounted to 866,720 (22.1% of the total); the production area exceeded 3 million ha. distributed roughly in equal parts between arable land, meadows-pastures and woods. In 1946 there were 211,350 ha. to cereals (of which 93,852 to wheat), and almost 80,000 ha. with potatoes, generally with a very high unit yield. There is also a high production of fruit…

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