FIELD CROPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1915 



Statement showing the estimated total produce and yield per acre of the principal 

 field crops in England and Wales for the year 1915, as compared with 1914, and with 

 the annual average of the ten years 1905-14. 



Note. — The root crops are converted from long tons to bushels at the rate of 60 lb. 

 per bushel for potatoes and 50 lb. per bushel for turnips, swedes and mangolds. 



"It is an imperative duty for our population to fill up, by their labour, the wide 

 gaps caused by the war in the ranks of the tillers of the soil; a pressing obligation 

 devolves upon holders of cultivable land to make every inch of soil produce its maximum 

 to meet the enormous deficit in the world's production and to feed the Allies and 

 countries starved by invasion. 



"I repeat that the patriotic farmer's first duty, at this hour in our history, is to 

 unceasingly increase his production; he will thereby contribute to the solution of the 

 problem due to the excessive cost of living, the growth of our national riches and, 

 consequently, to the support of Canadian finances and the triumph of the cause of the 

 Allies in Europe." 



— Hon. J. E. Caron, Minister of Agriculture, Quebec. 



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