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AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION 



1908, the total values, and the values of what was sold 

 (that is to say the commercial " output," the remainder 

 being used for domestic consumption), may be shown 

 thus : — 



Total .. 19,425,000 410,000 115,000 



In addition to the production on farms, there is a consider- 

 able output from cider and perry factories, estimated for 

 1907 at 2,708,000 gallons, of a value of £153,000, and in- 

 creasing the total sales to £268,000. 



Crops under Glass. 



While the Report states that " the great extension which 

 has in recent years taken place in the cultivation of crops 

 under glass has, of course, considerably increased the total 

 output of the land," it confesses that complete statistics in 

 respect thereto are not at present available. In regard, 

 however, to the one item of tomatoes, the value of the crops 

 included in 45 returns from 22 counties is put at £43,000. 

 From the returns giving the extent of glass under which the 

 crops are grown, it appears that on 20 acres an average of 

 over 600 tons of tomatoes was cut, being an average yield of 

 over 30 tons, valued at £830, per acre. 



Next to tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes and chrysanthemums 

 are most largely grown under glass. Other crops include 

 strawberries, peaches, lettuces, radishes, beans, rhubarb and 

 narcissi. 



The returns in which the area of the glass and the value of 

 the produce of all crops grown thereunder were shown give 

 a total of 155 acres, with an output of £150,000, or £968 

 per acre. 



Animals. 

 In the department of live stock, the number and the value 



