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beans. It is to be observed that the pulse crops, as well as the 

 grain crops, exhibit considerably less favourable results in 

 Scotland than in England. 



Peas. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 the Ten Years 





1902. 



1901. 



1902. 



1 901. 



1892 — 1901. 



England ... 



Bushels. 

 5>°39>552 



Bushels. 

 3,946,977 



Bushels. 

 28-59 



Bushels. 

 26-03 



Bushels. 

 2569 



Wales 



27434 



30,812 



1994 



1953 



1936 



Scotland ... 



28,327 



28,883 



25*94 



26-11 



2491 



Great Britain 



5,095,313 



4,006,672 



28-51 



25-96 



2563 



Following upon a year in which the produce was about half 

 a ton per acre above the average, the estimates show that in 

 1902 the Potato crop in Great Britain was nearly half a ton less 

 than the mean. Here, however, Scotland has an advantage, 



Potatoes. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten Years 

 1892 — 1901J 





1902. 



1901. 



1902. 



1901. 



England ... 



Tons. 

 2,225,569 



Tons. 

 2,627,647 



Tons. 

 5*39 



Tons. 

 6-33 



Tons. 



6 - 02 



Wales 



155,508 



182,122 



4*95 



57o 



572 



Scotland ... 



813,111 



861,481 



6-27 



6-62 



5'67 



Great Britain 



3,194,188 



3,671,250 



5-57 



6-36 



5*92 



the yield per acre beyond the Border being about half a, ton 

 better than the average ; while in England it was two-thirds 

 of a ton, and in Wales three-fourths of a ton, less than the 

 decennial mean. 



The estimate of 1 5 tons to the acre for Turnips and Swedes in 

 Great Britain is the best on record, being fractionally larger 

 than that returned for 1886, which has hitherto stood highest. 

 In England, which accounts for two-thirds of the whole 



