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land reports 1,410,929, an increase of only 516 acres. Wheat lost ground 
to the extent of 287,819 acres, the whole island having, in 1875, 3,342,- 
481 acres. England had 3,128,547 acres, a loss of 262,893 acres; Wales 
111,797, a loss of 6.072; Scotland, 102,137, a loss of 18,854. The acre- 
age in barley and bere increased from 2,287,987 to 2,509,701; in Eng- 
land from 1,889,722 to 2,090,423; in Wales from 152,425 to 154,444; in 
Scotland from 245,840 to 264,834. The oats acreage increased from 
2,596,384 to 2,664,009 ; in England from 1,356,739 to 1,421,951; in Wales 
from 235,621 to 237,170; in Scotland from 1.004,024 to 1,004,888. The 
rye acreage was 54,903, an increase of 12,325; in England 43,544, an 
increase of 6,896; in Wales 1,593, an increase of 26; in Scotland 9,766, 
an increase of 753. The acreage in beans rose from 559,044 to 564,181 ; 
England reporting 533,455, an increase of 7,894; Wales 3,398, a decrease 
of 363; Scotland 27,328, a decrease of 1,394. The acreage in pease in- 
_ creased 5,828 acres, being 316,375 in 1875, of which England had 310,- 
623, Wales 3,776, and Scotland 1,976; Wales decreased and the other 
two increased. 
The total acreage under green crops was 3,664,104, an increase of 82,834, 
England reporting 2,848,470, Wales 131,085, and Scotland 684,549; Eng- 
land increased and the others decreased. Of these so-called green crops 
522,653 were in potatoes, an increase of 2,223, England having a total 
of 320,477, Wales 44,505, and Scotland 157,671; England increased and 
the others decreased. Turnips and swedes increased from 2,133,336 to 
2,142,698, England having 1,569,049, Wales 70,326, and Scotland 503,- 
323. Mangels rose from 322,614 to 361,615, of which 352,196 were in 
England, 7,261 in Wales, and 2,158 in Scotland. Carrots increased 
1,009, being 14,936 in 1875, of which 13,591 were in England, 361 in 
Wales, and 984 in Scotland. Cabbage, kohl-rabi, and rape occupied 
189,733, an increase of 20,448 ; 183,402 in England, 1,237 in Wales, and 
5,094 in Scotland. Lucern, vetches, and other green crops, not includ- 
ing clover or grass, aggregated 432,469 acres, an increase of 10,791; 
England 409,755, Wales 7,395, Scotland 15,319. 
Of miscellaneous crops, 6,751 acres were in flax, a decline of 2,643— 
England 6,547, Wales 54, Scotland 150.. England grew 69,203 acres of 
hops, against 65,799 in 1874; neither Wales nor Scotland report any- 
thing of this crop in 1875. The bare fallow-lands declined from 660,206 
to 557,947—England 515,154, Wales 25,917, Scotland 16,876. 
Clover, sainfoin, and grasses under rotation, occupied 4,354,071 acres, 
an increase of 13,329, nearly half of which were mown for hay; Eng- 
land reports 2,608,106, Wales 360,596, and Scotland 1,385,369. Per- 
manent pastures, meadow or grass, not broken up in rotation, not 
including heath or mountain land, occupied 13,313,486 acres; an increase 
of 245,474, about one-third being mown for hay. England had 10,537,- 
148 acres, Wales 1,666,313, and Scotland 1,110,025. 
Of farm-animals, the total number of horses on the island was 1,340,- 
129, an increase of 28,390, over one-third being unbroken animals and 
breeding-mares, and the remainder used. England reports 1,031,776, 
Wales 124,711, Scotland 183,642. Horned cattle declined from 6,125,491 
to 6,012,824. Of these, 2,253,241 were milch-cows, a decrease of 20,556. 
England had 4,218,470 cattle and 1,595,296 milch-cows; Wales 651,274 
cattle and 261,082 cows; Scotland 1,143,080 cattle and 398,863 cows. 
The total number of sheep was 29,166,139, a decrease of 1,147,802 ; over 
a third were less than a year old. England reports 19,113,335, a decrease 
of 746,413; Wales 2,951,810, a decrease of 102,486; Scotland 7,100,994, 
a decline of 288,493. Of pigs, by which is meant all classes of swine, 
the number declined from 2,422,832 to 2,229,918—England 1,875,357, 
