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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

in Great Britain and Ireland in thousands of bushels and tons for the years named : —

Great Britain

Ireland

Description of Crops

, , , 1

1909 1,000

1910 1911 1,000 1,000

1912 1,000

1908 1,000

1909 1910

1911

1,000 1,000

1,000

Quatrs.

Quatrs. Quatrs.

Quatrs.

Quatrs.

Quatrs. Quatrs.

Quatrs.

Wheat ....

7,680

6,860

7,832

7,010

174

219 -215

207

Barley and Here .

7,617

7,059

6,374

6,411

856

1,001 822

852

Oats ....

15,378

15,229

14,294

13,736

6,548

6,964 6,746

6,073

Beans ....

],117

1,084

960

966

9

9 10

8

Peas

550

501

462

4901

1

1 1

1

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000 1,000

1,000

Tons

Tons Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons Tons

Tons

Potatoes

3,674

3,477

3,825

3,180

3,200

3,203 2,871

3,695

Tiirnips and Swedes

25,124

25,695

16,397

20,278

5,417

4,970 4,624

5,273

1 Partly estiinated.

The following table sliows the estimated average yield per acre of the principal crops : —

Description of Crops

Great Britain

Ireland

1909 Bushls.

1910

1911

Bushls.

1912 Buslils.

1908

1909

1910 Bushls.

1911

Bushls.

Bushls.

Bushls.

Bushls.

Wheat ....

33-69

30-34

32.87

29-12

38-02

40-23

36-03

36-76

Barley and Bere .

36-61

32-67

31-91

81-12

44 -.30

49-09

39-12

43-08

Oats ....

41 -26

40-33

37-98

36-28

49-40

53-79

50-26

46-70

Beans

•28-66

32-42

25-21

27-61

40-15

44-53

41-96

35 92

Peas ....

25-89

26-17

-26-37

—

24-90 _

30-67

27-94

27-85

Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Potatoes

6-39

6-44

G-69

5-19

5-45

5-52

4 -84

6-25

Turnips and Swedes

16-15

16-41

10-49

13-41

19-41

17-95

16-80

19-47

For the quantities of cereals and live stock imported, see under Commerce. The number of holdings in each of the 4 classes into which they are grouped (from 1 acre upwards) is given as follows for 1911 :—

Size of Holdings, 1911

England

Wales

Scotland

Great Britain

1 — 5 acres 5— 50 „ . . 50—300 „ . . Over 300 acres

82,536 167,628 110,110

14,377

10,210

32,112

17,965

370

17,848

34,300

23,122

2,679

110,596

234,040

151,197

17,426

Total Average size of hold- ings . . acres

374,653 65-3

60,657 45-7

77,949 62-2

513,259 62-5

Of the holdings in England, 48,124 were owned, or mainly owned, and 326,529 rent<!d ; of those in Wales, 6,05iJ and 54,605 respectively ; in Scot- land, 6,041 and 71,908 respectively. The acreage under crops and grass occupied by owners was 2,970,632 acres in England, 276,339 in Wales,

and 569,881 in Scotland : total, 3,816,852 in Great Britain.