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Kaiserreich - Coggle Diagram
Kaiserreich
Agriculture
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Evidence for decline
Prices overall fell,despite protectionism suggesting german agriculture was not competitive
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Those employed in agriculture fell from 50 percent at the beginning of the reich to 35 percent by 1907
New technology such as refrigeration that allowed meat to be shipped across the atlantic opened German agriculture to foreign competition.
New synthetic foods such as margarine and new processes like beer making opened open German farmers to competition
Evidence for growth
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Farm machinery and chemical fertilizers became cheaper and more available allowing farmers to raise their yields
Cultivation f land became more organised as businessmen farmers looked to farm profitably and employ lots of cheap seasonal labour
Cultivators of root crops such as potatoes and sugar beet did well as they permitted more rapid crop rotation and greater machinery and chemical use.
Number of Cattle,pigs,horses and poultry all rose
By the early 20th century Germany was producing 40 tonnes of potatoes-a tonne for every German Adult
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Trade and Wealth
Overseas trade expanded dramatically during the kaiserreich with German goods penetrating markets in North and South america, Africa,Asia
Growth
Between 1873 and 1896 there was a world wide depression that had the name the "great depression" until 1929
This heralded a period of much slower and more intermittent growth in Germany with demand for textiles and engineering products being particularly hit
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