1200 



Farming in Peace and in War. 



[mar., 



drawn up ; and a survey was arranged and estimates were made 

 of the men, horses, and machinery that would be required to 

 carry out the programme. Needless to say there were very 

 great difficulties to be surmounted, both by the Agricultural 

 Executive Committees in finding the land and by the central 

 Department in securing labour, machinery and supplies. I 

 do not, however, propose to dwell on our methods or our 

 difficulties, but to pass on to the results. 



Table II. shows the change in the cropping of England and 

 Wales in 191 8, as compared with the pre-war period 1905-14 ; 

 figures for 1871-75 are also given. 



From this Table it will be seen that the " average loo-acre 

 farm " of England and Wales had 44 acres under crops other 

 than grass and fodders in the 'seventies, that this area fell to 

 31 J acres before the W^ar, but that in 191 8 there was a sharp 

 recovery, and the average farm had 38 acres under tillage. 

 The area under corn in 191 8 was only i per cent, less than it 



Table 11. — England and Wales. 



Crops and Live Stock per 100 acres of Cultivated Land. 

 (The " average" 100 acres of Cultivated Land has, in addition, 

 14 acres of Hill Pasture available for Stock Raising.) 





! 



1871-75. 



1905-14. 



1918. 



Permanent Grass 



Rotation Grasses, Clovers, Sainfoin, 

 Lucerne 



44*4 



58-4 



lO'I 



54 'o 

 7'9 



Beans and Peas . . 



Turnips, Swedes, Mangolds 

 Cabbage, Rape, Vetches, etc. . . 



55*9 

 27-2 



12-8 



3*3 

 1*4 

 7-4 

 2-5 



2*3 



68-5 

 19*6 

 6-4 

 1-6 

 1-6 



57 

 I'S 



I '2 



61 "9 

 26*2 

 9*5 

 1*5 

 2-3 



4-9 

 1-7 

 1-5 



Stock. 





1871-75. 



1905-14- 



1918. 



Agricultural Horses (including Colts) 

 Cow and Heifers in Milk or in Calf . . 



Other Cattle 



Sheep 



4-2 



10-8 

 81 '4 

 8-7 



4*7 



8-6 ( 



68-6 



1 



4*3 

 9-6 ) 

 i3-4r^3-o 



61 '0 



6-3 



