65 
Percentage 
in pasture of 
cultivated 
area. 
i Area laid down 
Cultivated 
area. to permanent 
COUNTRY. 
my pasture. 
Acres. Acres. Acres. 
24,991,015 | 12,700,574 50.7 
2,853,917 | 1,949,417 68.3 
4,888,425 | 1,215,872 94.8 
15,066,941 | 10,919,745 72.4 
 -‘United Kingdom ........| 47,931,165 | 26,816,092 | 55.8 
y pastures there is nearly thirteen a cent more of the cultivated 
hy 
area which is given up to grasses and clovers grown in the 
2 8 
; A ne Percentage, 
eres in rota- | of cultivate 
COUNTRY. tion grasses. | area in rota- 
tion grasses. 
| England .. [EE NG SSIES a An SN art Polis) 887 Seo 11.5 
er 318,131 ha een 
Scotland . Ma ae chips a Si eise is Neen iicw At hy OTL Meek 34.1 
Ee ret Sue ui 1,261,625 8.3 
‘United Rinwdan WN aere Comeete cra Over eotn 6188, H0e 12.9 
Nearly seventy per cent of the calieied land in the United 
- Kingdom i is given up to the grass crop. 
According to the census of 1880 there were in fhe State of New 
y Acres. 
ERED US eat calla sesh s 4 a) a ew wise ee aie ia nlecin'ni + (4;n'e'u 0:8.) Ay ROU BE 
(TOE EIGN TEMA gat le a A a 17,717,862 
ass in rotation as pasture or meadow............... 12,400,649 
ermanent’meadows, pastures, orchards and vineyards.. 5,317,213 
! From this it appears that of the cultivated area in the United 
ingdom nearly double the percentage amount is laid down in 
oes fe pastures to that in New York, while in our rotation 
