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AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OF 1902. 



The preliminary statement giving the totals of the acreage 

 under crops and grass and the number of live stock in Great 

 Britain, as returned by the occupiers of land on June 4th last, 

 was issued by the Board of Agriculture on August 27th. The 

 distribution of the acreage under each crop in the present and 

 immediately preceding year are contrasted in the following 

 Table, and the details for each county will be found in the Tables 

 at the end of this note : — 



Crops in Great Britain. 



1902. 



1901. 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Total Acreage under all Crops 

 and Grass. («)... 



Acres. 

 32,387,965 



Acres. 

 32,417,445 



Acres. 



Acres. 

 29,480 



Wheat 



Barley 

 vjats 



Rye 



Beans 



Peas 



Potatoes 



Turnips and Swedes 

 Mangold ... 

 Cabbage ... 



Kohl-Rabi 



Rape 



Vetches or Tares... 

 Lucerne ... 

 Other Crops 



1,726,473 

 1,909,383 



"5 OCT 90? 



68,379 

 243,101 



i79 ? 75i 

 573,880 

 1,608,661 

 441,414 

 69,039 



23,937 

 100,356 



172,147 

 53,663 

 104,788 



1,700,965 

 1,972,448 



56,650 

 251,613 



155,130 

 577,260 

 1,664,525 

 398,805 

 60,341 

 17,004 

 102,980 

 157,546 

 43,546 

 107,223 



25.508 



60,301 

 11,729 



24,621 



42,609 

 8,698 

 6,933 



14,601 

 10,117 



63,065 



'8'5i2 



3^80 

 55,864 



2,624 

 2,435 



Clover and Rota- ( For Hay . . . 

 tion Grasses. | Not for Play 



2,364,302 

 2,467,596 



2,356,415 

 2,499,972 



7,887 



32.376 



Total ... 



4,831,898 



4,856,387 





24,489 



Permanent Grass ( For Hay . . , 

 {a) I Not for Hay 



4,580,719 

 12,225 795 



4,35°,459 

 12,476,790 



230,260 



250,995 



Total ... ... ... 



16,806,514 



16,827,249 





20,735 



Flax 



Hops 



Small Fruit 

 Bare Fallow 



838 

 48,031 

 75,378 

 293,131 



640 ! 198 

 51,127 



74,999 379 

 344,105 



3,096 

 5o,974 



(a) Not including Mountain and Heath Land. 



