TILLAGE versus GRASS 



THE following Tables are based on the statistics 

 of the Board of Agriculture (Cd. 7325, 1914) :- 



ENGLAND AND WALES 



Total surface excluding water, but including Acres. 



mountain and heath land 1 . . . 37,138,765 

 Total area under crops and grass . . . 27,129,382 



Dissecting these figures in order to give par- 

 ticulars of the uses to which the 27,129,382 

 acres are put, the following results appear : 



Acres. Acres. 



Grass for hay .... 5,069,692 

 Grass not for hay ... 11,001,457 



16,071,149 



CEREALS (including) 



Acres. 



Wheat 1,701,588 



Barley 1,558,856 



Oats 1,974,700 



Rye 51,506 



Beans 268,279 



Peas 164,044 



5,718,973 



1 The area returned as mountain and heath land in 

 England and Wales was 3,781,565 acres. 



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