530 - British Crops of 1907. [dec, 



Crop. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten Years 

 1897 to 

 1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



Polatoes ... 

 Turnips and swedes 

 Mangold ... 



Tons. 

 2,977,910 

 22,059,972 

 8,935,456 



Tons. 

 3,428.-711 

 22,627,840 

 8,538,480 



Tons. " 



5'43 

 14' 1 1 

 19-85 



Tons. 

 6-o6 

 14*22 

 19-79 



Tons. 

 5'75 

 13-15 

 19-17 



It will be seen that the average yield of potatoes per acre 

 is almost two-thirds of a ton less than in 1906, and one-third of 

 a ion less than the average of the last ten years ; while the 

 total production falls short of last year by 450,000 tons. Wales 

 shows the worst results, the yield there this year being exactly 

 1 ton below the average. 



The yield of turnips and swedes is very slightly below that 

 of last year, but nearly a ton above the average of the previous 

 decade. The best results occur in England, where the yield is 

 nearly if tons over average ; Wales has slightly over a 

 quarter of a ton in excess of the average ; but Scotland shows 

 a deficit of nearly three-quarters of a ton. 



The yield of mangold is just over that returned last year, but 

 nearly three-quarters of a ton over the 10 years' average, and 

 the total production exceeds that of 1906 by some 400,000 tons. 

 The area devoted to this crop in Wales and Scotland is rela- 

 tively small , and only contributes a small proportion to the 

 total crop ; the yield in the former, however, was if tons over 

 the average, but in Scotland a deficiency of 2$ tons per acre 

 was recorded. 



The total production and yield per acre of hay and of hops 

 are shown in the following table : — 



Crop. 



Estimated Total Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten Years 

 1897-1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Hay from Clover, 













etc. ... 



3,709,631 



3,200,969 



32-97 



29-21 



29-56 



Hay, from per- 



6,719,257 



5,383,564 









manent grass... 



27-23 



22-51 



23-99 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 









Hops 



374,129 



245,688 



8'33 



5-26 



8-8i 



