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magnificent crops of oats are grown on the best soils in Norfolk, particu- 
larly when the rainfall is rather above the normal. 
Wheat. Barley. 
1924. : ‘ 98,988 196,693 
BQ257 9: : . 302,744 199,107 
1926. ‘ . 100,031 192,036 
TOBIN 0: : . 106,854 182,617 
1928. ; i 86,644 204,576 
T92G.0xh« : 77,061 196,927 
1930. ‘ ¢ 82,623 184,026 
199D alc 7 : 86,237 194,050 
1932. ; i 91,189 174,429 
F933 es . - 132,475 129,223 
Sheep —There have been fluctuations in the number of sheep kept in 
Norfolk during recent years, but the present tendency is for the numbers 
to increase rather than decrease. A good trade for mutton has been 
experienced in the last two years, and although wool prices have been 
unsatisfactory, the products of the sheep have promised to be less costly 
to produce than beef. In consequence, there is more confidence in sheep 
farming, at the moment, than in any other branch of animal husbandry 
in the county of Norfolk. 
The type of sheep, however, has varied very appreciably during the 
last ten years. In quite recent times there were no sheep in the county 
except those accustomed to arable-land folding. Suffolks and their 
crosses and an occasional Southdown flock were the usual sheep on the 
farms. With the decline in the price of arable produce, the fixed labour 
charges, and the tendency to reduce the arable acreage, the grassland 
sheep was introduced in large numbers; the Scotch half-bred, the 
Yorkshire Masham, and other breeds accustomed to live the whole of 
the year on grassland, were brought in in large numbers and are still to 
be found on many farms. Their numbers, however, are now tending to 
decrease, and there is some indication that the arable flocks are regaining 
some of their lost popularity. To a great extent this is due to the cheap 
sheep feed that is available from the beet tops and the residues of vegetable 
crops in which there is now great interest in Norfolk. 
Sheep. 
1924 \)- : , + 277:537 
ROZSy | ; , . 289,231 
1926. . ; Fe 3215048 
1927. , 29) ROTsE 14, 
1928. , , . 285,681 
oS ie) ; ; -  2974;949 
1930. ’ é . 258,659 
I93I_ . : : . 289,792 
1932. . : - 2975745 
1933 - é : . 285,303 
