1906.] 



The British Crops of 1906. 



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The total produce and yield psr acre of the crops, other thin 

 cereals, are shown in the following table :— - 



Crop. 



Estimated Total 



Produce. ! 



1 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten Years 

 1896- 

 1905. 



1906. 



1905. 



1906. 



1905. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Potatoes 



3,428,711 



3,762,706 



6 -06 



6-18 



578 



Turnips and 











Swedes 



22,627,840 



21,840,582 



14-22 



1374 



12-96 



Mangold... 



8,538,480 



8,213,260 



19-79 



20-32 



18-70 



Hay from Clover 







Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



&c 



3,200,969 



3>i43,443 



29-21 



28-72 



29-06 



Hay from Per- 









manent Grass... 



5,384,892 



5,087,917 



22-51 



21-71 



23-49 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 







Hops 



245,688 



695.943 



5-26 



I4'2I 



9-12 



The two root crops have proved satisfactory in each of 

 the three divisions. Turnips and swedes are half a ton per 

 acre above last yeBr, and tons above the mean of the ten 

 years, Wales and Scotland showing relatively slightly better 

 results than England. Mangolds are rather more than a ton 

 over the average in England, and as 97 per cent, of the 

 crop is to be found there, the result for Great Britain as a 

 whole is practically the same ; it is of interest to note, 

 however, that on the comparatively small area grown in Wales 

 the yield was nearly 3 tons above the ten years' average, 

 and represented the heaviest crop of mangolds raised in the 

 Principality. 



The hay figures present more than usual interest by reason 

 of the marked contrast between England on the one hand, and 

 Wales and Scotland on the other. In the case of hay from 

 clover, &c., there is a deficiency in England of seven-eighths 

 of a ton per acre as compared with the average. Qn the 

 other hand, the crop in Scotland is 2^ tons, and in Wales 3 

 tons, above the average, in both cases reaching a figure which 

 has seldom been exceeded. The net result for Great Britain 

 is practically a normal crop. The conditions are very similar 

 as regards meadow hay ; but in this case the deficiency in 

 England is larger, amounting to tons per acre. In Scotland 

 the crop is i ^ tons and in Wales 2| tons, above the average. 



