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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. Acres. 



Wheat, - 3,160,000 



Barley and rye, - .... 861,000 



Oats and beans, 2,872,000 



Clover, rye, grass, etc., ..... 1,149,000 



Roots and cabbages cultivated by the plough, - 1,150,000 



Fallow, - - - 2,297,000 



Hop-grounds, - ... 36,000 



Nursery-grounds, ...... 9,000 



Fruit and kitchen gardens cultivated by the spade, 41,000 



Pleasure-grounds, - .... 16,000 



Lands depastured by cattle, - - - 17,479,000 



Hedgerows, copses, and woods, .... 1,641,000 



Ways, water, etc., - ... 1,316,000 



Total cultivated area, - - 32,027,000 



Commons and waste lands, - - 6,473,000 



Total acreage of England and Wales, - - 38,500,000 



TABLE 2. 1827. 



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

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



