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Acreage under Crops and Grass, and number of Live Stock, 

 in June 1909, in the United Kingdom including Ireland, 

 Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. (Statistics affecting 

 British Agricultural interests. Jaurn. of the R. Agric. Soc. of Eng- 

 land, Vol. 70. London, 1909). 



Acres Hectares 



Total area, excluding water . . . .76 644 480 30 964 370 



Arable land 19457566 7860856 



Permanent grass 27428244 11081 oio 



Total acreage under crops and grass . 46 885 810 18 941 866 



PRINCIPAL CROPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



Acres Hectares 



Total Corn crops, Cereals, Beans, Peas 8 299 797 3 353 118 



Potatoes i 167 084 471 502 



Turnips and Swedes i 840 602 743 603 



Clover, Sainfoin and Grasses under ro- 

 tation 6 587 772 2 661 460 



-Cabbage, Kohlrabi and Rape. . . . 215064 86886 



Mangold 530 930 214496 



Vetches or Tares 138386 55 908 



Hops 32 539 13 146 



Small fruit 100181 40473 



LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, JUNE 1909. 



Number 



Horses 2 091 681 



Cattle ii 760678 



Sheep . . . . .31838833 



Pigs 3 542 867 



Cows in milk and in calf in June 1909 4 360 620 



