588 



Agricultural Returns, 1920. 



[Sept., 



one to two years old is also much less than last year, the reduction in this case 

 being- 160,000, or nearly 13 per cent. Cattle above two years old are slightly 

 more numerous, while cows and heifers (in milk or in calf), though reduced 

 by about 200,000 to 2,350,000, are 90,000 greater than in 1913, so that there is 

 ample breeding stock from which to replenish the herds of the country. 



Sheep have been largely reduced and the total now stands at only 

 13,380,000, or 1,750,000 less than a year earlier. This is by far the smallest 

 total ever recorded, and is 5,340,000, or 29 per cent., below the average of the 

 10 years immediately before the War. All classes of sheep shared in the 

 decline, the heaviest relative reduction being in those one year old and above. 



Pigs, on the other hand, are being kept in larger numbers than in the last 

 three years, the total, 1,995,000, being the highest since 1910. Sows kept for 

 breeding increased to a relatively greater extent than other pigs, the addition 

 being nearly 40,000, or about 15 per cent., so that the prospects of a further 

 increase in the number of pigs appear to be good. 



AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1920. 



PRELIMINARY STATEMENT for 1920, compiled from the Returns collected 

 on the 4th June ; and comparison with 1919. 



CROPS. 



Distribution. 



1920. 



1919. 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Total Acreage under all Crops and 

 Grass (a) 



Acres. 

 26,519,340 



Acres. 

 26 747.950 



Acres. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Acres. 

 228,610 



Pet- 

 Cent. 

 0-9 



Arable Land 



12,020.110 



12,308,870 







288,760 



2-3 



( For Hay . . 

 Permanent Grass (a)l Not for Hay 



4,406,120 

 10,093.110 



4,170,510 

 10,268,570 



235,610 



5-6 



175,460 



'i-7 



I Total . . 



14,499,230 



14,439,080 



60,150 



0-4 



.. 





( Autumn Sown 

 Wheat . . -j Spring Sown 



1,792,350 

 84,650 



2,074,630 

 14H.570 







282,280 

 61,920 



13-6 

 422 



I Total 



Oats 



Beans 



Peas 



Potatoes 



Turnips and Swedes 

 Mangold 



Cabbage, Savoys, and Kale 



Kohl-Rabi 



Rape . . . . 



Mustard 



Brussels Sprouts . . 



Cauliflower or Broccoli 



Onions 



Rhubarb 



Sugar Beet 



Chicory 



Flax for Fibre 



Linseed 



Hops . . . . . . 



Small Fruit 



1,877.000 

 1,636,770 

 2,267, 100 

 148,440 

 96,470 

 257.640 

 165,120 

 4,810 

 544.300 

 990.820 

 385,780 

 62,080 

 11.160 

 100,440 

 121,720 

 44,490 

 71,860 

 12,650 

 8.850 

 9,640 

 4,460 

 4.300 

 5.580 

 3.110 

 340 

 9,740 

 12,730 

 20.760 

 60.280 



2,221,200 

 1,509,720 

 2,564,330 

 142.660 

 106,520 

 284,630 

 163.480 

 6,310 

 475,380 

 983,400 

 396,050 

 51,580 

 9,630 

 93,230 

 76,960 

 3K.760 

 63,280 

 11.920 

 9,450 

 11,380 

 6,860 

 4.150 

 6,110 

 880 

 270 



J 18,460 



16,740 

 58,700 



127.050 

 5,780 



1,640 



68,920 

 7,420 



10,500 

 1.530 

 7.210 



44,760 

 5,730 

 8.580 

 730 



"l50 



2.720 

 70 



4,010 

 4.020 

 1.58) 



8-4 

 4-1 



1- o 



14-5 

 0-8 



20 4 

 15'9 



7-7 

 58-2 

 14-8 

 13-6 



6-1 



36 



697-4 

 25-9 



21-7 



24-0 



2- 7 



344,200 



297,230 



10,050 

 26,930 



1.500 

 10.270 



600 

 1,740 

 2,400 



530 



15'5 

 H-6 



9-4 



9-5 

 .. 



23-8 

 2-6 



6-3 

 15-3 

 35-0 



8-7 



(For Hay 



Clover and Rotation J Not for Hay 

 Grasses | 



^Total 



1.674.020 

 774.280 



1,501,250 

 757,180 



172,770 

 17,100 



11-5 

 2-3 







2,448.300 



2.258,430 



189,870 



8-4 







Other Crops 



Bare Fallow 



67.110 

 566.260 



68,450 

 650.440 







1.340 

 84.180 



2-0 

 12-9 



