History of Agriculture of Galicia from the Second Half of 19th to First Third of 20th Centuries

From the second half of the 19th century until the beginning of the World War I, there was significant economic advancement in all sectors of farm management in the territory of Galicia (Halychyna), which was under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during that period of history. This paper focuses on the impact of popular scientific extension, one of the key criteria for communicating the latest economic management techniques at that time. This allowed the region, which was significantly behind the other regions within the Austro-Hungarian Empire during that period, to progress economically. There was a breakthrough in methods and approaches to farm management during the studied period. The processes of mechanization, novel tillage techniques and land reclamation were introduced. Agricultural processing industry started to develop intensively. A serious consideration has been given to selective breeding of animals, which had a positive impact on the livestock rearing development. All these aspects have led to a significant improvement in the industry’s performance.


Introduction
The third division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzech Pospolita), in 1795, resulted in the annexation of the territories of west of Galicia to the Habsburg Monarchythe lands up to Pilica (Pilitsa) and the Buh river in the north [the northern parts of the Cracow (Kraków) and Sandomierz provinces, the Lublin province, parts of the Holm land and Mazovia (Mazowsze)].They were referred to as 'new', 'late', Ihor Makaruk, Natаlia Tokar, Larysa Filoretova, Volodymyr Klapchuk The authors, in this paper, have identified each segment that had influenced the evolution of agricultural industry in general and definite structural units of the agrarian sphere in particular: arable farming (cereal and other crops), plant cultivation (horticultural activities) and animal husbandry (cattle breeding, horse breeding, swine breeding and sheep rearing, etc.).

Methodology
This analytical article is based on the results of a comprehensive study being carried out at the Faculty of History of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine.The overarching theme of the study was "The economic development of Galicia during the Austro-Hungarian Empire".Galicia comprises two parts -Eastern Galicia (the present-day territory of Ukraine) and Western Galicia (the present-day territory of Poland).Being a backward province of the Empire, in economic terms, it gradually began to develop successfully.This positive advancement had an integral effect on all economic realms, including agriculture.
The study of Galicia's agriculture was pursued in three countries: Ukraine, Poland and Austria.The panel of scholars visited archival facilities in Lviv, Kyiv, Cracow, Warsaw and Vienna, where they processed statistical data covering the period under study.Science-based methods were applied during the study, which made it possible to establish the facts of economic progress, in particular comparative analysis allowed to establish the dynamics of agricultural development in the different sub-disciplines of crop and livestock production.By means of a system analysis, it became possible to develop patterns that reveal the conditions for successful sustainable development of the province.This article analyzes how one of the key factors of successful agricultural development, namely scientific extension, became the driving force of change and transformation: novel approaches to farming were developed as well as new efficient methods of farming, tillage and cattle breeding were introduced.The population of the backward province responded positively to the changes, embracing them and introducing them into their day-to-day operations.Systematization has made it possible to describe the entire case study in a consistent manner on the plane of scientific inquiry.
The overwhelming majority of Galicia's residents, which was then an autonomous part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was involved in the agricultural sector, earning livelihood by arable farming and/or animal husbandry.To frame the research goals of this study, it was crucial to understand how agriculture was interpreted in terms of sectoral scientific achievements in that historic period.Therefore, it made the main path of this study to analyze the impact of theoretical scientific advances on human practice in the agrarian sphere via agricultural extension.
After all, the development of agriculture, in particular the use of natural resources, is part of the overall framework for studying Galicia's economic history.It will make possible to broaden the scope of the inquiry and to use the results in scientific research aiding further studies in the region within the context of the defined goals.However, a subsidiary objective of this study is to draw attention of a wide range of researchers, scholars and all concerned to the topic in questionhistory of the development of Galicia from the Austro-Hungarian period.
As this research included translation of literature from Polish to Ukrainian in order to understand the facts, all the translations, unless indicated otherwise, from Polish to Ukrainian or English, are done by the first author.

Review of Literature
The suggested topic is scantily studied in national academia.The subject is partially covered in the works by Klapchuk (1972), Kovalchak (1988), andKlapchuk (2015).The agricultural development was widely examined in Polish scientific information sources for both the periods under study (Rewieński, 1890;Walewski and Gieysztor, 1890;Bujak, 1908;Diamand, 1915;Dziewulski, 1918), and in the first half of the 20th century (Grochowski, 1925;Pruski, 1925;Grochowski, 1927;Przerembel, 1930).The register of literature on issues relating to agriculture, covering a significant part of the bibliography of the period under inquiry, proved to be valuable for the study (Estreicher, 1959;Kosiek, 1962;Dybiec, 1998).In addition to scholarly publications, agricultural extension has been communicated in the dedicated journals and scientific serials such as Rozprawy c.k. Galicyjskiego Towarzystwa Gosp., Rolnik, Przegląd Weterynarski, Ogrodnictwo, Bartnik Postępowy, Głos Rolniczy, Przewodnik Kółek Rolniczych, etc.It is worth noting that much of the published data in the said titles was translation of the works of the foreign academics and experts.
It is apparent from the analysis that the history of agriculture requires a meticulous and systematic examination, which will provide an opportunity to reconsider the impact of science-industry achievements on the economic development of then Galicia.Therefore, the agricultural system development in Galicia during the Austro-Hungarian period needed to be thoroughly studied.

Arable Farming and Plant Cultivation
Having comprehensively analyzed the statistical data on agricultural development in Galicia in the period under study, key findings were obtained, allowing to substantiate the focal points of this article.The status of agriculture development in Galicia at that time was definitely much poorer than the status of agricultural sector development of the individual (chiefly agrarian) European countries.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, yields of the cereal grains in the majority of the European countries were twice as high as in Galicia (Table 1).  1 suggests that there was only white potato farming in Galicia that was relatively competitive in the European agricultural commodities market; but yields of the cereal grains were only half of other European countries.This was also confirmed by Bujak (1917) in his study Economic Development of Galicia (1772Galicia ( -1914)).He examined the average yield of agricultural produce between 1903 and 1912, defining the scope of examination by the limits of the early 20th century (Table 2).Bujak (1917) The trend of the yield changes in Galicia between 1872 and 1913 was positive and a constantly growing one (Table 3).The reason for the boost can be attributed to agricultural extension, which was constantly developing in the region.Scientific advances in the field of agriculture were of increasing interest among the parties in charge of farming operations.As a consequence, the economic situation in Galicia improved significantly in the early 20th century.Bujak (1917) wrote about the issue2 thuswise: "In the last few years before the war, we have been on the right track, we have undertaken extensive work on the rational organization of our economic life, and we have started to make up for our backlog and shortcomings.From a passive society, exploited by strangers from afar, we have become an active society, which has taken itself to use the wealth of its country and to satisfy its needs.If we were given an opportunity to continue along this path with all the perseverance and consistency, the gap between us and our western neighbors would undoubtedly be rapidly shrinking."(Bujak, 1917, pp.57-58) Advancement in the cereal cultivation in Galicia took place on the cusp of the 19th and 20th centuries and was largely the result of increased inputs in the agriculture, research on enhancing yields of cereal grains and maintaining land resources efficiency.Results of this study reveal the manner in which the farmland had undergone changes in its composition, under which crops the arable land was used, and how it had positively influenced the yield improvement in Galicia of that period.Pilat (1905) The structure of land resources (Table 4) changed dynamically in favour of arable land, grassland and vegetable gardens due to reduction of grazing and woodland.This trend should have influenced the increase in agricultural production in the region.An additional point is that 13.3% of the arable land was lying fallow in Galicia in 1900 (Pilat, 1898).This contributed to improved soil fertility and more efficient farmland exploitation, as the land was resting in a loose and weed-free state, which facilitated the accumulation of sufficient moisture in it.Between 1874 and 1913 (Table 5), the area under cereal crops gradually decreased, and conversely, the area under industrial and fodder crops increased.and Wyczański (2006) Decrease in cultivation of the cereal crops from 74.6% of all arable land of Galicia to 67% in the year 1913, a year before the World War I outbreak, could have had a negative impact on meeting the demands of the native population for food.Table 6 summarizes the dynamic pattern in the farmland structure in Galicia from 1900 till 1911.Pilat (1900); Kryukov (1915) At that time, most of the farmers were employing obsolete cultivation methods coupled with inadequate tools.Thus, in order to alter the situation and raise yields, it was essential to provide extension education to agricultural producers.It consisted of encouraging the use of modern equipment and the application of advanced management methods in farming systems.Jan Feliks Sikorski, in his seminal work Mechanical Soil Tillage, made an in-depth analysis of advantageous methods of tilling (Sikorski, 1898).The introduction of mechanization in all agricultural activities had greatly changed labour-intensive processes and, thus, had a positive impact on the efficiency of labour outcomes.Bujak (1908) The maximum number of machinery and equipment was assigned to large farms that made handsome profits from their operations, whilst small family-operated farms possessed only the most necessary equipment.There were only three steam-driven ploughs and 12 mechanical drills in Galicia at that time (Bujak, 1908).The important constituents of yield improvement program were not only the mechanization processes, but also the research on soils, application of manures and fertilizers, introduction of crop rotation, as well as the new methods of land tilling, drainage of marshy fields, and use of melioration (Bujak, 1908;Biernacki, 1913).The drainage system along with irrigation of agricultural lands was given scientific credence (Krzyżanowski, 1879).It made it possible to exploit land plots that had previously been considered unfit for cereal crops cultivation.Commenced in 1876, active land improvement measures were enacted with the purpose of intensifying agriculture in the region.Certain areas of fecund soil were drained and irrigated, and the government significantly financed such interventions.Thus, during the 1876-1892 timeframe, the funds allocated to reclamation works increased 230-fold, amounting to PLN 1,607,370 (Pilat, 1898).Selection of cereal crops was another significant trend in the development of the sophisticated techniques in agriculture.
The scientists worked on it in the Agrarian Academy in Dubliany (Mazurkiewicz, 1913), where experiments on different grain varieties were conducted in the field.The cultivation of wheat, barley, rye and oats was subject to in-depth analysis and research, especially to understand when to sow the crops and when to harvest.
White potato was used as a food item as well as the raw material for alcohol, starch and other derivatives' production.Significant areas of land were allotted to white potato cultivation as the yield was quite high in Eastern Galicia (Table 8).Farmers involved in white potato cultivation, and white beet farms were developed for the processing industry, namely alcohol manufacturing.Khraplyvyi (1936) Traditionally, small farms were not engaged in the cultivation of white beet, this was done by large and high-capacity farms.The relevant information on white beet growing (the results of tests, methods of planting and care, winter storage, and seed multiplication) was disclosed to the public (Żeleński, 1894;Turnau, 1903;Kosiński, 1906).Bujak (1908) Analysis of the results is presented in Table 9 that reveals that white beet yield increased rapidly, although most of the output was processed to produce alcohol rather than sugar (Dąbrowski, 1992).Researchers and scholars who were engaged in legume crop studies attributed a great significance to the clover cultivation.Most of academic papers highlighted soil tillage, the improved varieties, seed quality, nurturing, harvesting, drying and threshing (Czaykowski, 1902;Antoniewicz, 1905a;Wiśniewski, 1916).As the data in Table 10 shows, clover was planted to produce hay and seeds alike.Consequently, different seeding techniques, crop husbandry and post-harvest processing were employed.The demand for hay and seeds was obviously different and dependent on the exigencies.That is why the average annual area under clover cultivation for Ihor Makaruk, Natаlia Tokar, Larysa Filoretova, Volodymyr Klapchuk hay was much larger than that for seed production.The areas used under the cultivation of clover for hay increased from the annual average of 258,832 ha in 1889-1898 (see Table 10) to 291,926 ha in 1899 (see Table 11).There was also a noticeable difference in yields between Western Galicia and Eastern Galicia.The scholars who wrote on clover issues emphasized that clover was a perfect forage plant for animals, and its usage fertilized soil with nutritive substances (Zabłocki, 1902).Quite profound knowledge of clover was presented in Bronisław Janowski's work, who offered advanced methods of growing clover blends and thoroughly described the cultivation practices, harvesting and processing of the finished produce (Janowski, 1908).
Cultivation of flax for the fibres was prominently featured as an industrial crop (Jarosiński, 1916).Several fundamental works of that period contributed to the agricultural extension in Galicia.It is worth noting Władysław Noskowski's work, an agronomist and a teacher at the Agrarian School in Dubliany, where he turned attention of agricultural producers to the number of flax sub-varieties, their sowing features, how to raise them, how to use fertilizers, how to undertake measures against diseases and pests, and the latest methods of harvesting (Noskowski, 1872).Wojciech Chłopiński's Cultivation and Processing of Flax (Chłopiński, 1907) was commissioned by the Galicia Economic Society in Lviv, and it accelerated profound interest of the farmers in flax cultivation.Wojciech Chłopiński studied flax farming systematically and put high emphasis on this branch of farming systems.Additionally, he had other significant and popular publications relating to flax (Chłopiński, 1913;Chłopiński, 1917).Klapchuk (2015) While comparing the data in Table 12 and Table 13, it is noticed that the areas used for flax cultivation in 1899 decreased as compared to the annual average for 1889-1898.However, more consideration was given to flax cultivation in Eastern Galicia than in Western Galicia; the yield in Eastern Galicia was higher.
During the study period, horticulture was observed enhancing in the region.It was further developed and improved by researchers, scholars, scientists and extension workers (Table 14).The published works contained detailed instructions on how to plant gardens, to nurture them in order to have sufficient yield, and to select the varieties; a large number of such studies were published both in Western Galicia (Giżycki, 1845;Konkolewski, 1847;Kozubowski, 1868;Czepiński andLangie, 1868-1869;Mieroszowska, 1890;Brzeziński, 1897) and in Eastern Galicia (Giżycki, 1845;Kisielewski, 1869, Schmidt, 1878;Boberski, 1880;Roehring, 1881;Pierożyński, 1882;Ćwikliński, 1882;Oleskow, 1885).Klapchuk (2015) In publications related to horticultural development, necessity of organizing fruit trade by establishing agencies for purchase and distribution of the horticultural produce was highlighted (Gniewosz, 1908).The total area under gardening in Galicia was reported 71,100 ha in the year 1936.More than 6.1 million plants or 129 plants per ha of fruit trees were planted in Galicia at that time (Table 15).Khraplyvyi (1936) Compared to the publications on the cultivation of horticultural crops, the number of published materials on fruit bush growing was much less.The reason was that this type of horticulture was underdeveloped in the region; some attention in the educational books was given to currant bushes.It was argued that this type of horticulture needed more attention of local farmers, as its produce is delicious and healthy (Tabeau, 1901;Morawski, 1902aMorawski, , 1902b)).Popular science journals also featured articles on the cultivation and crop husbandry of gooseberry bushes (Trzebiński, 1904;Namysłowski, 1907;Chmielewski, 1912;Namysłowski, 1913), raspberry bushes (Tabeau, 1901), and viticulture (Kośnierski, 1881;Brzeziński, 1904;Zając, 1911), occasionally.
Hayfields and grazing were an essential source of natural fodder for livestock.There were 562,000 ha under hayfields in Galicia.Such fields were divided into low-lying (55.2%), fieldgrowing (42.7%) and reclaimed (2.1%) lands.Crop productivity level of hayfields was high in Galicia (Table 16).Low-lying hayfields yielded 58.5% of all hay, which was put in storage in Galicia, fieldgrowing was 36.5%, and reclaimed lands yielded 5% only.
The farms of Galicia occupied 211,284 ha of agricultural land for grazing (Khraplyvyi, 1936).The highest value was assigned to mountain pasture grounds, which existed in unpopulated mountain highlands.The similar processes were also exhibited in the works of researchers and scholars who, in due course, analyzed in the historical aspects the processes that took place before the World War I (Styś, 1936;Wykrętowicz, 1968;Michalewicz, 1993;Spyra, 1994;Kramarz, 2002;Kargol, 2010;Wnęk, 2010;Broński, 2012).Klapchuk (2015) Reinforcing the same processes in terms of the current study, Franciszek Bujak's quotation3 is pertinent here: "Modern farmers set up distilleries and grow potatoes instead of grain, which they sell in the form of spirits and possibly ready-to-use vodkas; they set up sugar mills to grow beets; they set up breweries to bring in better out on barley; they process the wheat into flour and bran in their own mills and make bread in their own bakeries; they keep the gardens from which fruit and vegetables are processed into tinned food and other preserves."(Bujak, 1917, p. 289)

Livestock Husbandry
Animal husbandry was regarded as an important branch of agriculture.Similarly, to plant cultivation, it required new and effective approaches in farm management practices.The sectoral research headed into this direction.The research was able to educate the consumers and shared the results of research by means of scholarly literature and educational books.The published papers during the study period tried to cover all major specialities of animal husbandry: horse breeding (Sanguszko, 1839;Rozwadowski, 1866;Kretowicz, 1884;Szybalski, 1887;Ryx, 1888;Zygmuntowicz, 1901;Dąbrowski, 1903), cattle breeding (Puchalski, 1871;Skrzyński, 1883;Dzianott, 1886;Malsburg, 1894), poultry farming (Bojanowski, 1901a(Bojanowski, , 1901b(Bojanowski, , 1901c;;Bętkowska, 1903;Czaykowski, 1903;Mańkowski, 1905;Neumanówna, 1913), pig breeding (Czaykowski, 1901;Antoniewicz, 1905b;Masior, 1913), sheep rearing (Pawlikowski, 1840;Wodzicki, 1853;Stanowski, 1884), apiculture (Lubieniecki, 1859;Macieszkiewicz, 1886) and veterinary medicine (Wierzejski, 1881;Szpilman, 1887;Kwieciński, 1887;Seifman, 1887;Prus, 1895).Full attention was given to breeding, which enabled a qualitative improvement of the livestock units.In the second half of the 19th century, there was a general tendency to increase livestock units in Galicia, excluding the bouts of blight or murrain (Klapchuk, 2015).Source: Pilat (1900) In general, during the period under study (see Table 17), a sharp fall in the livestock numbers of sheep, goats, pigs, mules and donkeys was observed, whereas the number of horses and cattle was constantly growing.Galicia was home to almost half of the horses, a third of cattle and beehives at that time.As of 1910, there were more than 5.5 million heads of major livestock in Galicia.Pilat (1911) When examining the data in Table 18, one may well notice that the number of cattle, sheep, mules and donkeys decreased during the study period, which was caused by various diseases and murrain, whilst the same period saw an increase in the number of pigs, horses and goats.The primary animal that contributed to agricultural activities of the region was horse.This is evidenced by the relevant statistics in Table 19.The horse population data discloses that their population size steadily increased for 80 years.This population increase of horses facilitated the development of agriculture in the region.Antoni Barański was a great authority in this field of agricultural research.In his studies (Barański, 1883;Barański, 1890), he described equine species with maintenance of their health, nutrition, husbandry, breeding and proper housing.He proved that oats were the best feedstuff for horses.As part of his scientific work, he studied domestic cattle breeds, colour inheritance in cattle, inherited diseases in horses, history of veterinary medicine, animal care, livestock breeding and veterinary legislation (Millak, 1957).
Another significant livestock were the cattle.In Galicia, as in other regions of the Empire, cattle belonged to the category of animals frequently bred in local farms.Most of the farmers were convinced that a cattle breeding was far more profitable than arable farming, and its added benefit was the large quantity of manure being produced.Accordingly, at the beginning of 1911, there were 2,505,012 cattle units in Galicia (Kryukov, 1915), including 1,491,548 cows (63.5%), 58,686 pedigree bulls (2.3%), 54,324 bulls for slaughter (2.2%), and 800,545 calves of both sexes (32.0%).Table 20 displays the cattle population and density during the 1830-1912 timeframe.
Analysis reveals that the cattle population declined by 8.5% in Galicia during 1900-1911.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the science-education literature informed much on livestock grazing, husbandry and animal care (Pająk, 1870;Popiel, 1882;Adametz, 1898;Turnau, 1901;Antoniewicz, 1902;Górniak, 1903).The knowledge of operating the farms where cattle were raised was constantly changing and increasing, having a positive impact on livestock farming development.Different works were published on fodder preparations and methods of cattle feeding (Ludkiewicz, 1910), on calf rearing (Sandoz, 1913), on cattle feeding habit with green forage (Włodek, 1913), on sheep, pigs, and cattle breeding (Klecki, 1916).The local population of Galicia consumed only 50% of meat produced during the study period (Klapchuk, 2015).Meat product surplus was supplied to other regions of the Empire or exported abroad.Another important element of animal husbandry in Galicia during the study period was sheep rearing, which required due attention, as their population was constantly declining.In 1880, there were 609,000 sheep in Galicia, and before 1910 the number of sheep decreased by almost twice (i.e., -359,000).The importance of sheep rearing can be confirmed by the fact that 61,365 rural and urban farms were engaged in sheep rearing in Galicia comprising 12.9% of all farms.Thus, there were 3.8 sheep per Galician farm at that time (Klapchuk, 2015).The largest sheep stock, about 50% of the total number in Galicia, was in the Stanislaviv province.Jezierski and Wyczański (2006) This was due to the existence of large areas of high-altitude mountain pastures (over 18 thousand ha), which made sheep grazing possible with minimal costs for their upkeep.Klapchuk (2015) The authors of research studying sheep rearing advocated for the breeding of these animals.The published material contained the guidelines advising how to raise lambs and mature sheep, how to arrange their feed and housing (Pawlikowski, 1840;Wodzicki, 1853;Stanowski, 1884;Łaszczyński, 1891).However, the number of these research papers was insufficient in comparison to the studies on horses or cattle.There were also not enough papers on pig farming.Despite this, pig farming was vibrant in Galicia.In 1900, there were 1,294 pig units, and their number increased to 1,835 units in 1910 within the region (Kryukov, 1915).Ihor Makaruk, Natаlia Tokar, Larysa Filoretova, Volodymyr Klapchuk Over the period of 1870-1912, the pig number increased by a factor of 2.5 (Table 23), while the number of animal unit per capita increased by a factor of 1.7 only.This was affected by the various pig diseases during the study period.Resultantly, 100,000 pigs were compulsorily slaughtered due to epizooty4 between 1899 and 1906.For these reasons, important academic papers came into light on effective pig feeding, breeding, prevention of diseases, propagation, piglets raising, husbandry (Czaykowski, 1901;Antoniewicz, 1905b;Masior, 1913).
Another vital component of animal husbandry was poultry farming.During the period of study, a significant rise in the fowl population took place (Table 24).The number of hens had almost doubled, while the number of other domestic fowls increased by 2.5 times.Poultry farming in Galicia was developed mainly in small peasant farms.Poultry products worth 31.8 million kronen5 were exported from Galicia annually (Kryukov, 1915).Pilat (1911) Evidently, with the increasing demand of animal proteins in Galicia region, researchers on animal husbandry advocated the necessity to develop poultry farming.The research articles on this topic rose in number at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (Bojanowski, 1901a(Bojanowski, , 1901b(Bojanowski, , 1901c;;Stasieniewiczowa, 1902;Mańkowski, 1905;Kukura, 1906;Misiewicz, 1912a).The publications recommended the development of domestic fowl breeding on small farms.In their works, both the academicians and practitioners of poultry farming had proved that this type of management was as essential as horse and cattle breeding (Misiewicz, 1912b).They had also considered for geese farming and fattening, and proper handling of their feathers (Bętkowska, 1903).

Findings and Conclusion
One of the primary objectives of this study was to put Galicia in the public eye.This subject was poorly studied previously in Ukraine, as it was covered mainly in Poland and countries belonging to erstwhile Austro-Hungarian Empire.Thus, the development of agricultural knowledge in Galicia is witnessed by a large number of relevant publications.It should be noted that an awareness was fostered about the need to overhaul obsolete and inefficient farming practices with the help of scientific inputs.
Based on the above analysis, it is argued that a significant number of scholars, researchers, and reformers, who were engaged in regional development of farming practices, believed that agriculture would have been more successfully developed than the manufacturing industry in the Galician region (Wnęk, 2015).The results of the major crop growth yields during the interval between 1901-1911 are summarized in Table 25.Kryukov (1915) This was made possible by communicating and adopting both the latest techniques in agriculture and new methods of work organization in the industry.The problems that did not allow gaining high yields were revealed.The scientific approach to soil structure and nutrition, and introduction of effective mechanization, fertilizer or manure application, land reclamation, etc. was developed.A clear-cut breakthrough in crop cultivation was the development of the new crop varieties, which enabled a significant yield enhancement.An unequivocal achievement during the study period was the development of animal husbandry in Galicia.Such fundamental developments in agricultural productivity are attributed to the contributions made by scientific and academic research and extension.Pilat (1911) In terms of livestock density per km 2 and per 100 inhabitants, as is evident from Table 26, Galicia ranked among the top six countries in Europe during the study period.Another important accomplishment of agricultural extension was that the correct perspectives of agricultural science gradually instilled in agricultural readers while changing their beliefs that profound change in agronomic practices and economic comprehension of farming practices would significantly improve their economic situation and increase the productivity of farmworkers.The literature underscored that the work of farmers was a unique and demanding occupation, which was aimed at obtaining high agricultural productivitya source of income for people not only in Galicia but also throughout Europe.
Considering the discussion above, it is witnessed that a substantial advancement in the development of agriculture was registered in Galicia during the Austro-Hungarian era.All this would have been impossible without the meticulous work of agricultural scientists, who relentlessly and doggedly promoted innovative concepts of working on land.The data that has been discussed and analyzed in this paper will be further developed into doctoral research aimed at unveiling the features of the natural resources development and use across the economic history of Galicia Kingdom.This will enable this innovative topic to be addressed not only on the domestic plane but will also help broader section of academics and specialists interested in the subject to tart up their concepts and perspectives.

Table 1 :
Yields of staple crops in Galicia and Europe (quintals per hectare or q/ha)

Table 3 :
Cumulative yield index in Galicia (q/ha)

Table 4 :
Land resources structure during

Table 5 :
Arable land distribution in Galicia (in percentage)

Table 6 :
Dynamic pattern in the farmland structure in Galicia

Table 7 :
Farming machinery and equipment in 1902

Table 8 :
White potato yields through 1909White potato yields through   to 1913

Table 9 :
White beet yields in Eastern Galicia during

Table 11 :
Areas and crop yields in 1899

Table 12 :
Flax crops and harvesting during the period of 1889-1898

Table 13 :
Areas and crop yields in 1899

Table 14 :
Fruit tree species in Galicia

Table 15 :
Gardens in Galicia

Table 17 :
Dynamic pattern of livestock units in Galicia

Table 18 :
Livestock numbers in Galicia from 1900 to 1910

Table 19 :
Number of horse units in Galicia

Table 20 :
Cattle population in Galicia

Table 21 :
Sheep stock in Galicia

Table 22 :
Sheep stock in Galicia in 1910

Table 23 :
Dynamic pattern of pig population in Galicia

Table 25 :
Gross output of staple crops

Table 26 :
Livestock density in the top ten European livestock breeding countries Authors' Contributions (in accordance with ICMJE criteria for authorship)