1922.] 



Agricultural Returns, 1921. 



95S 



AGRICULTURAL RETURNS, 192L 



PRODUCE OF POTATO AND ROOT CROPS IN ENGLAND 

 AND WALES. 



Preliminary Statement showing the Estimated Total Produce and Yield per 

 Acre of the Potato and Root Crops in England and Wales in the 

 Year 1921, with Comparisons for 1920, and the Average Yield per Acre of 

 the Ten Years 1911-1920. 





Crops. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Acreage. 



Average 

 Estimated 

 Yield per 

 Acre. 



Average 

 of ihe 

 Ten 

 Yeai-8 



1911-20. 



1921. 



1920. 



1921. 



1920. 



1921. 



1920. 



ENGLAND ( 

 AND { 

 WALES. 1 



Potatoes 

 Tui-nips and ( 

 Swedes .. j 

 Mangold 



Tons. 

 2-958,000 

 6,611,000 

 6.284,000 



Tons. 

 3.151,000 



14,193.000 



7,307,000 



Acres. 

 557,800 

 893,423 

 373,722 



Acres. 

 544,615 



988,451 



384,278 



Tons. 

 53 

 7-4 



16-8 



Tons. 

 5-8 



14-4 



19-0 



Tons. 

 6-1 



12-4 



18-7 



England. | 



Potatoes 

 Turnips and | 

 Swedes . , ) 

 Mangold 



2.812,000 

 5.982-000 

 6,110,000 



3,053,000 

 13,484,000 

 7,166,000 



531.648 

 843:428 

 363,366 



516,933 

 932,829 

 373,699 



5-3 

 71 

 16-8 



5-9 

 14-5 

 19-2 



6-2 

 12-3 

 18-7 



Wales. | 



Potatoes 

 Turnips and ) 

 Swe-3es .. ) 

 Mangold 



146.000 

 629,000 

 174,000 



98,000 

 709,000 

 141,000 



26,152 

 49,995 

 10,356 



27,682 

 56,62-.' 

 10,579 



56 

 12-6 

 16-8 



3-5 



12- 8 



13- 3 



5-4 

 14-5 

 17-i 



Potatoes were planted in good time and under favourable conditions, but 

 in many parts of the country the young plants were damaged by late 

 frosts, which occurred even as late as June in some parts, and were especially 

 severe in the Cambridgeshire district, where the crops never recovered from the 

 damage thus inflicted. The prolonged drought also checked growth and the 

 yields on light land were very poor. Sprouting became very prevalent during 

 August. The total production in England and Wales is estimated at 

 •2,958,000 tons, which is some 200,000 tons less than in 1920, but nearly 

 230,000 tons greater than in 1919. The comparatively large production, which 

 is greater than in any year previous to 1917, is due to the increased area under 

 «rop, as the yield per acre — 5*3 tons — is about 16 cwt. per acre under average, 

 and 10 cwt. per acre less than the poor crop of last year. Smaller yields 

 per acre have been recorded three times only in the last 35 3^ears. The 

 reduction in yield per acre was most marked in the eastern counties, several 

 counties averaging less than 3 tons per acre. The yields were under average 

 in nearly all parts of England, though over average in most counties in Wales. 

 The yield is estimated at 6 tons per acre in Lincolnshire and over 7 tons per 

 acre in Lancashire. 



It has proved very difficult this year to estimate the yields of turnips and 

 swedes, as large but unknown areas of land returned as being intended for 

 sowing with these crops were not sown at all owing to the drought, or were 

 sovm very late, with the result that the plants have made very little growth, 

 .and the yield of roots is consequently very doubtful. In addition, large 

 ^reas which were sown failed entirely and were ploughed up. Many crops 



