ENGLAND AND WALES 



Table VII. Other Large English and Welsh Towns. 



Agriculture. According to returns of 1912, out of a total area of 37,143,953 acres 

 for England and Wales, the average under all crops and grass was 27,169,462, a decrease 

 of 0.3 per cent on the returns for the preceding year. The general Table VIII for the 

 United Kingdom is given for purposes of comparison (increase or decrease per cent on 

 the preceding year following the total acreage in brackets). 



Table VIII. 



Live stock in England and Wales was returned as follows: horses 1,406,099 ( i.o); 

 cattle 5,841,908 (-1-2); sheep 18,053,584 (-6.6); pigs 2,496,358 (-5.8). 



A return published in June 1912 (Census of Production 3 ) relating to the year ending 

 June 4, 1908, sets down the value of the produce of British agriculture at ,150,800,000, as 

 shown in Table IX. 



Table IX. 



1 Hay area. 



z Pasture and mountain grazing. 



3 This census was provided for by the Census of Production Act, 1906. It is under the 

 direction of the Board of Trade, and the first census was taken in 1908. The results so far 

 as applying to agriculture were issued by the Board of Agriculture. 



4 The total value of farm crops grown in 1908 is calculated at 125,000,000, but the 

 portion actually sold realised (as shown in Table IX) 46,600,000, the remainder of the 

 produce being used to feed the stock and maintain the fertility of the land. 



