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The following abstracts exhibit the acreage under each crop in 18G5 and 1S6G, 

 and the increase or decrease in the latter year : 



Abstract of cereal crops. 



1865. 



1866. 



Increase in 

 1866. 



Decrease iu 

 1866. 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Bere and rye 



Beans and peas. 



Acres. 



266, 989 



1,745,228 



177,102 



10, 091 



16, 899 



Acres. 



300, 474 



1, 697, 648 



150,538 



9, 992 



14,781 



Acres. 

 33, 485 



Acres. 



47, 580 



26, 564 



99 



2,118 



Total . 



2,216,309 2,173,433 



33, 485 



iQ, 361 



Decrease in cereal crops in 1866 42, 376 acres. 



Abstract oj" green crops. 



1865. 



1866. 



Increase in 

 1866. 



Decrease in 

 1866. 



Potatoes 



Turnips 



Mange 1 wurzel and beet root 



Cabbage 



Carrots, parsnips, and other green 



crops 



Vetches and rape 



Total 



Acres. 



1,066,260 

 334,212 



14,478 

 33, 622 



24, 130 

 29, 466 



1,502,168 



Acres. 



1,050,419 



317, 121 



20, 218 



36 446 



26, 791 

 31, 096 



Acres. 



1,482,091 



5,740 

 2,824 



2,661 

 1,630 



12, 855 



Acres, 

 15,841 

 17, 091 



32,932 



Decrease in green crops in 1866 20,077 acres. 



GENERAl. SUMiMARY. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Decrease in cereal crops in 1 866 



Decrease in green crops iu 1866 



Decrease in meadow and clover iu 1866 



Increase in flax iu 18G6 



Total decrease in the extent of land under crops in 1866 



42, 876 

 20, 077 



77, 998 



140,951 

 12,226 



128, 725 



There has been this year a small increase iu the acreage under wheat in almost 

 every county, amounting to 33,485 acres ; and that of the " cereals" and " green 

 crops." Oats and potatoes are still, as formerly, the most extensively grown, 

 occupying respectively 1,697,648 and 1,050,419 acres. 



The extent under crops, grass, fallow, woods, and plantations, and bog and 



