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Agricultural Returns of 1906. [sfpt., 



year, and the decrease of 43,000 acres or 7 per cent, reduces the 

 area to very little over the figure for 1903, the large area devoted 

 to the growth of potatoes last year and the low prices prevailing, 

 no doubt contributing to this result. 



The green and other crops may be summarised as follows : — 



Crop. 



1906. 



1905. 



Increase or Decrease. 





Acres. 



Acresv 



Acres. 



Per Cent. 



Potatoes 



565,921 



608,473 



-42,552 



-7-0 



Turnips and Swedes 



1,590,920 



1,589,273 



+ 1,647 



+ 0-1 



Mangold 



431,458 



404,123 



+ 27,335 



6-8 



Cabbage and Kohl Rabi ... 



88,082 



85,345 



-f 2,737 



+ 3-2 



Rape ... 



93,824 



93,881 



57 



-o-i 



Vetches or Tares 



142,047 



136,429 



+ 5,618 



+4-1 



Lucerne 



55,734 



53,400 

 48,967 



+ 2,334 



+4"4 



Hops ... 



46,722 



- 2,245 



-4-6 



Small Fruit ... 



80,226 



78,825 



4- 1,401 



+ 1-8 



Other Crops ... 



114,266 



106,559 



+ 7,707 



+ 7-2 



Turnips and swedes are practically stationary, the area being 

 for the second year below 1,600,000 acres, while mangolds show an 

 addition of 27,000 acres or nearly 7 per cent, the area now under 

 this crop only having been once before exceeded, in 1902, when 

 the acreage was exactly 10,000 acres more than the present 

 figure. All other crops with the exception of rape and hops 

 have been extended, the decrease in hops amounting to nearly 

 5 per cent., and bringing the area now devoted to hop cultiva- 

 tion to the lowest on record. 



The figures relating to temporary and permanent grass are 

 shown in the next table : — 



Crop. 



1906. 



1905. 



Increase or Decrease. 



Clover ar.d Rotation Grass 



(for hay) ... 

 Ditto (not for hay) ... 



Acres. 



2,191,587 

 2,249,159 



Acres. 



2,189,286 

 2,288,232 



Acres. 



+ 2,301 

 - 39,073 



Per Cent. 



+ 0-I 



-17 



Total 



4,440,746 



4,477,518 



-36,772 



-0-8 



Permanent Grass (for 



hay) 



Ditto (not for hay)... 



4,785,613 

 12,459,121 



4,688,520 

 12,511,974 



+ 97,093 

 - 52.853 



+ 2-1 



-o'4 



Total 



17,244,734 



17,200,494 



+ 44,240 



+ o'3 



The area intended for hay — whether from rotation or per- 



