" The proportion of the surface of the country which is not used 

 either for farming or grazing or woodland is therefore about 15 

 per cent in Great Britain as a whole, and varies from about 22 per 

 cent in Scotland to less than 10 per cent in Wales, where mountain 

 and heath land is largely used for the support of stock." 



Agricultural Returns of Great Britain for 1909. The British 

 Crops in 1909. (The Journal of the Board of Agriculture, Vol. XVI, 

 no. 7, pp. 571-575- Idem, no. 9, pp. 731-735- London, October 

 and December, 1909). 



The total acreage as well as the changes in the extent of arable 

 and pasture land, respectively, and in the chief categories of crops 

 for 1909, are summarised in tables corresponding to those previously 

 given and of a more recent date. 



The large increase in wheat brings the area under this cereal 

 almost up to that returned in 1900, the further decline in barley 

 makes the area under this crop the lowest on record, and area 

 under oats this year is the lowest returned since 1899. 



With the increase in potatoes the loss of 1907 has now been 

 more than recovered. The area devoted to mangold shows the largest 



