STATISTICS OF WHEAT CULTURE. 



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Wheat 

 Barley 

 Oats 



SCOTLAND. 



220,000 3 



280,000 3| 



1,275,000 4| 



660,000 



980,000 



5,737,500 



In Scotland, ten years ago, 150,000 acres were reckoned to 

 be under cultivation with wheat, 300,000 with barley, and 

 1,300,000 with oats, which is the great crop and chief food of 

 the people. 



Mr. Braithwaite Poole, in his " Statistics of British Commerce," 

 1852, states " The annual average production of all sorts of corn 

 in the United Kingdom has been estimated by competent parties 

 at rather more than 60,000,000 quarters, and 80,000,000 in 

 value ; but in the absence of general official returns, we cannot 

 vouch for its accuracy, although, from various comparisons, there 

 are reasonable grounds for assuming this calculation to be as 

 nearly correct as possible. Some persons in the corn trade 

 imagine the aggregate production to approach almost 80,000,000 

 quarters ; but I cannot find any data extant to warrant such an 

 extended assumption." 



The estimated produce of wheat, in quarters, and acreage, he 

 states as follows : 



England 



Ireland 



Scotland 



Quarters. 



. 15,200,000 



1,800,000 



1,225,000 



Total 15,225,000 



Acreage . 



3,800,000 

 600,000 

 350,000 



4,750,000 



The average price of wheat per quarter in the last thirteen years, 

 iu England and Wales, has been as follows : 



1840 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1846 



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The best wheat, as well as the greatest quantity, is raised in the 

 midland counties. From two and a half to three "Winchester 

 bushels per acre are required for seed, and the average produce 

 varies from twenty-two to thirty-two bushels per acre. 



THE CONTINENT. 



The quantity of wheat raised in Trance in 1835 was 71,697,484 

 hectolitres, of which eleven millions was required for seed. The 

 average produce per hectare was stated at thirteen and a half 

 hectolitres. 



The total grain and pulse raised in that year was set down at 

 204,165,194 hectolitres. 



