Viljelyskelpoisen maan levinneisyydestä suomessa

Authors

• Erkki Kivinen Yliopiston maanviljelyskemian laitos, Helsinki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.71168

Abstract

At the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture the area of arable land was roughly estimated according to communities. Due to the circumstances the elucidation deals only with the southern Finland up to the line along the river Oulu. The investigation was directed only to such districts where at least one farm can be established, with no regard to the size and the owners of the farms to which these districts belong. In addition to the technical arability also the economical suitability for clearing as well as the ownership relations according to the groups of owners (state, community, parish, company and a private person) have been elucidated in the work. South of the river-Oulu-line the arable land has been noted to amount to about 750.000 ha. Two-thirds of the arable land consist of peat land and one-third of mineral soil. The majority of it belongs to private landowners. The map 1 illustrates the area of arable land according to communities, the map 2 the area of arable land in per cent of uncultivated land and the map 3 the percentage of peat land and mineral soil in arable land.