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Stock November 21, 1867-...---- 13, 015 48, 476 35, 783 175 107, 094 
Stock November 21, 1866-.....--- 19, 377 40,150 | 28,886 3, 647 94,815 
Stock November 21, 1865....---. 9, 698 12,502 | 10,818 2, 330 40, 720 
IRISH BUTTER. 
The receipts of butter at London and Liverpool from Ireland during the last 
three years were as follows : 
1865. 1266, 1867. 
Firkins. | Firkins. | Firkins. 
[Tai gem ne | 7” Nc. Pn Gd bh VDSS Or a 73,351 | 50,013| 34,305 
ivierpoolis. fa sacie as, woes See feitae trae ee siscesjains sini 443,759 | 420,153 | 420, 261 
ER aD a tcts > WME id ce GOD ee Bs a. 517,110 | 470,166 | 454,566 
The large decrease is the more remarkable when we compare the above 
1865 there were 
figures with the number of milch cows in Ireland. 
in 1866 they had increased to 1,481,446; and in 1867 to 
Assuming tlat each firkin of butter weighed 90 pounds, the exports 
In 1866 they had fallen 
1,387,448 cows; 
1,519,720. 
of 1865 were equal to 34 pounds for each milch cow. 
to 29 pounds, and in 1867 to 27 pounds, to each cow. 
While the Irish arrivals in London have decreased, the foreign supply has 
increased as follows: 
Receipts in 18645, 448,264 casks ; 
price of Cork butter in October, 1865, was $32 50; 
The price of Dutch butter in 1865 was $31 450 ; 
The 
1867, $27 50. 
in 1867, $27 50. 
AGRICULTURAL RETURNS FOR GREAT BRITAIN. 
By a careful average of local averages, 
the present season are 
made: 
1866, 502,979 casks ; 
In 
1867, 564,668 casks. 
in 1866, 
in 1866, $31; 
$30; in 
from reports similar to those of this 
department, though not so systematic and general, the following estimates for 
Yield of wheat per acre in England and Wales, 24.4 bushels; barley, 33.7 
bushels; oats, 41.2 bushels; beans, 27.7 bushels ; peas, 22.9 bushels; 
5.3 tons; 
turnips, 15.1 tons: 
swedes, 16.9 tons; 
mangolds, 20 tons. 
potatoes, 
From returns received in the statistical department of the British Board of 
Trade, the ageregate acreage under all kinds of corn crops in England and 
Wales was 7,941,578 acres, against 7,921,244 acres returned in 1866; _ in 
Scotland 1,367,012 acres , against 1,366,540 acres in 1866. 
The land under heute? is Poeun for England and Wales at 3,255,917 acres, 
against 3,275,293 acres in 1866; and for Scotland at 115,118 acres, against 
110,101 acres in 1866. Estimating the average product of wheat at 28 bushels 
per acre, the aggregate yield for 1867 would be 94,388,980 bushels, against 
