203 
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Total area of land } 
and water .........|..-0- 32,597, 398 |... 19, 496,132 |... | 20, 819, 886 |... 77, 828, 886 |...... 
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§| 1874 | 24, 008, 368 |...... 4,579, 821 |..---- 15, 752, 187 | 20... 47, 143, 320 |-...-- 
Under all crops---- 5 | ya75 | 24° 112, 309 |112._- 4, 607, 898 |...-2- 15,774,718 |). - as 47, 313,789 |. -0 2 
Garn-entnk 1874 | 7,505,076 | 31.3 | 1,410, 413 | 30.8 | 1,901,508 | 12.1 | 11,364,834] 24.1 
EOREDS 2a 7ei2a¢ 1875 | 7,528,543 | 31.2} 1,410,929 | 30.6 | 1,916,398 | 12.1 | 11,399,030 | 24.1 
1874 | 2,764,182) 11.5 685, 132 | 15.0 | 1,353,362} $6] 4,957,683] 10.5 
Green crops ....... ; 1875 |. 2, 848, 473 | 11.8 634,549 | 14.8 | 1,370,086 | 8.7 | 5,057,029 | 10.7 
guy 1874 607,489 | 2.5 20,687) 4) 12,187} 11 673,376 | 1.4 
Bare fallow..---..- ; 1875.|,-. 515,186 | 2.1 16,876} .4} 18287] 5.4 570,005 | 1.2 
- 1874 | 2,618,655 | 10.9 | 1,357,009 | 29.6, 1,906,083 | 121 | 6,284,925] 13.3 
Grass and clover .. ; 1875 | 2,608,106 | 10.8 1,385,369 | 30.1 1,943,923 | 12.3 | 6,337,953] 13.4 
§| 1874 | 10, 438,149 | 43.5 | 1, 106,321 | 24.2 | 10, 472, 161 | 66.5 | 23,680,416 | 50.2 
Permanent pasture) | 1375 | 10/536 283 | 43.7 | 1,110,025 | 24.1 | 10,431,776 | 66.1 | 23,772,602} 50.2 
In orchards .........) 1875 150, 600 }...-.- 1, 449) 2.22. i 22.2 UU Bal) of Deine 
Triowonds —.-- 2... 1875 |. 1,325, 765, |..---- | 734, 490 | Sea ora oe aca (ES BISA BEA 
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Total number of¢| 1874 | 1,007,398} 4.2| 180, bal 3 525,770 | 3.3 | 1,847,148] 3.9 
horses. ; 1875 |° 1,031, 776'| 4.3 183, 642 | 4.0 526,160 | 3.3] 1,875,851] 4.0 
Niumbér of eattle 1874 | -4, 305,540 | 17.9}. 1,154,846 | 25.2 | 4,118, 113 | 26.1.| 10, 231, 036.|. 21.8 
umber of catule -- 57875 | 4 218,470 | 17.5 |. 1,143, 080-| 24.8 | 4,111, 990 | 26.1 | 10, 162,787 | 21.5 
Waeing or at 1874 | 19,859,758 | 82.7)| 7,389,487 /161.3 | 4, 437,613 | 28.2 | 34,837,597 | 73.9 
umber of sheep -- 5 | 4975 | 19,114, 634 | 79.3 | 7,100,994 |154.1 | 4,248, 158 | 26.9 | 33, 491, 948 |. 70.8 
SLs ead ae 1874 | 2,058,781 | 86 150,297 | 3.3} 1,096,494 | 7.0| 3,537,354) 7.5 
ob) LY pigs---- § 1875 | 1,875,357) 7.8 15),213 | 3.3} 1,249,235 7.9 | 3, 495, 167 | 7.4 
LAND-OWNERS AND LANDS IN ENGLAND.—Official returns for England 
and Wales, exclusive of the metropolis, make the total population 
19,458,009 ; the number of land-owners owning less than 1 acre, 703,289; 
owning 1 acre or more, 269,547; total, 972,836. Extent of lands, 
33,013,510 acres ; estimated gross rental, $£96,761,515; estimated extent 
of commons or waste lands, 1,524,648 acres. 
FRESH BEEF IN LONDON FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The Agricul- 
tural Gazette of February 21, 1876, in noticing the fact that on the 
previous Monday 70 tons of beef, in quarters, shipped from this country, 
arrived in London, in addition to about 300 tons arriving in January, 
states that ‘the possibility of landing dead meat in a sound and sweet 
condition, after a three weeks’ voyage, has at length been clearly demon- 
strated.” The successful arrangements for safe shipment are thus 
described: ‘“‘ Square compartments are formed in the hold of the vessel, 
outside of which tanks are placed. By these means the temperature of 
the atmosphere in which the meat hangs is kept down to something un- 
der 40°. To prevent condensation of vapor in this ice-bound tank, a 
constant current is kept up by a fan driven by steam from the boiler of 
the vessel.” The newly-slaughtered meat, cut in quarters, each covered 
in cheap cotton cloth tightly sewed around it, is hung up in this safe, 
