562 



ENGLAND AND WALES 



A further return ot the Census of Production analysed the labour employed on the farms 

 of Great Britain (Table X). 



Table X. 



The gross output amounted to 90 per head if occupiers are included and temporary 

 labourers excluded. Engines employed in agricultural pursuits numbered 34,450 with a 

 total H.P. of 213,525. 



The number of agricultural holdings in the United Kingdom, as returned by. the Census 



of Production, is shown in Table XI. 



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Table XI. Agricultural Holdings, 1908. 



The census of production has rendered available a mass of statistics which have not 

 previously been compiled. Thus it is now possible to view the estimated production of 

 crops in order of their gross value for Great Britain in 1908, the principal being shown in 

 Table XII. 



Table XII. Crops, 1908. 



Below the tabulated category follow cabbage 760,000; vetches or tares 439,000; nuts 

 and mixed orchard fruits 406,000; plums 357,000; a group of vegetables including arti- 

 chokes, cucumbers, marrows, etc., 352,000; raspberries 309,0001 lucerne 276,000; 

 mixed small fruits 252,000; rye 220,000 and gooseberries 208,000. Between 200,000 

 and 100,000 follow cherries, rape, rhubarb, carrots, crops under glass, cYops for seed, 

 flowers and shrubs, mustard and onions; between' 100,000 and 50,000 pears, kohl rabi, 

 black currants, broccoli and cauliflower, celery, red currants and Brussels sprouts; and below 

 the last figure asparagus, parsnips, lettuce, seakale, kale, beetroot (but the subsequent exten- 

 sion of beet cultivation should be borne in mind), buckwheat, maize, and flax. 



It is found that the number of cattle slaughtered for meat in Great Britain was 1,489,000; 

 calves 639,000; sheep 7,638,000; lambs 1,915,000, and pigs 4,418,000. The total British 

 supply of meat amounted to 1,051,000 tons, representing an average supply per head of the 

 population of Great Britain of 26.3 tb of beef and veal, 14.5 ft of mutton and lamb, and 

 17.5 Ih of pig-meat (total 58.3 It)), the average of imports in the same year (1908) being 

 20.44 lb f beef and veal, 11.23 of mutton and lamb, 18.69 of pig-meat (total 50.36 Ib). 



A "farm-yard census" has also been taken, which so far as concerns birds is summarized 

 in Table XIII, the interesting comparison for Ireland being added. Table XIV gives 

 particulars of dairy produce, and Table XV those of timber. 



