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APPENDIX v.— ESTIMATES OF CROPS 



APPENDIX V. 



Table 1. — Estimates of the Acreage of England and Wales and the 

 Area under different kinds of Crops. 



{An Inquiry into the State of National Subsistence, by W, T. Comber, 

 London, 1808. Appendix XXV.) 



Crops. 

 Wheat, 



Barley and rye, ...... 



Oats and beans, ...... 



Clover, rye, grass, etc., . . . . . 



Roots and cabbages cultivated by the plough, 



Fallow, 



Hop-grounds, ....... 



Nursery-grounds, ...... 



Fruit and kitchen gardens cultivated by the spade. 

 Pleasure-grounds, --.... 



Lands depastured by cattle, . . . . 



Hedgerows, copses, and woods, . - - . 



Ways, water, etc., ...... 



Total cultivated area, . . . . 



Commons and waste lands, . . . 



Total acreage of England and Wales, 



Acres. 



3,160,000 



861,000 



2,872,000 



1,149,000 



1,150,000 



2,297,000 



36,000 



9,000 



41,000 



16,000 



17,479,000 



1,641,000 



1,316,000 



32,027,000 

 6,473,000 



38,500,000 



Table 2.— 1827. 



(Select Committee on Emigration, 1827. Evidence of Mr. W. Couling. 

 Sessional Papers, 1827, vol. v., p. 361.) 



