REDUCTION OF OUTPUT 



23 



the two years. Only wheat, barley, potatoes, milk and 

 milk products, meat and wool are supposed to be sold, 

 the other crops being consumed in feeding the stock. 



TABLE V. — AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 



1872 AND I913 



1872. 



Thous'd 

 acres. 



I9 X 3- 



Thous'd 

 acres. 



Total Value of 

 Produce. 

 £ millions. 

 1872. 1913. 



Wheat 

 Barley 

 Potatoes 



Milch cows & heifers 

 Other cattle 

 Sheep 

 Pigs 



3463 

 2,064 



387 



Thous'd 



1.774 



2,731 



20,780 



2,586 



1,702 



1,559 

 442 



animals. 

 2,264 



3,453 



17,130 



2,102 



22.07 



n-37 

 6.66 



19.19 

 17.84 



15-94 

 12.94 



106.01 



10.85 



8-59 

 7.60 



2448 

 22.73 



13.14 



10.69 



98.08 



The table exaggerates the actual output in 1872 as re- 

 gards quantity, because at that time the yields per acre 

 were somewhat lighter and a given head of stock did not 

 produce so much meat in a year because of their slower 

 maturity, though on the other hand there was less 

 purchase of foreign grain and feeding stuffs in 1872. 

 More correctly the table may be taken to represent 

 what would have been the output in 1913 had the 

 acreage, etc., remained the same as in 1872. It will be 

 seen that the value of the output from the increased 

 head of cattle barely balances the loss on the sheep, 



