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British Crops of 1903. 



Peas. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 1 the Ten Years 





1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 



; 1893-1902. 















England ... 



Bushels. 

 4,763,885 



Bushels. 

 5,o39>552 



Bushels. 

 26'6o 



Bushels. 

 2S-59 



Bushels. 

 25-95 



Wales 



21,320 



27,434 



20 27 



19-94 



, I9-38 



Scotland ... 



17,918 



28,327 



26-20 



25-94 



25-24 



Great Britain 



4,803,123 



5,095,313 



26*56 



28-51 



25*90 



The potato crop was about 280,000 tons less than that of 

 1902, which was itself not a large one. The average yield was 

 generally unsatisfactory, being nearly three-quarters of a ton 

 per acre below the average for the whole country. In England 

 and Wales the decrease was most pronounced, but it was to some 

 extent set off by a return of 5*64 tons in Scotland, which was 

 only about one-tenth of a ton less than the decennial average. 

 In only one previous year — 1900 — since these returns have 

 been collected has the potato crop shown so poor a result. 



Potatoes. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 the Ten Years 





1903. 



1932. 



1903. 



1902. 



1893-1902. 



England ... 



Tons. 

 2,041,023 



Tons. 

 2,225,569 



Tons. 

 5^7 



Tons. 

 5-39 



Tons. 

 5-96 



Wales 



131,846 



155,508 



4'37 



4-95 



5-65 



Scotland ... 



740,844 



813,111 



5-64 



6-27 



5 75 



Great Britain 



2,913,713 



3,194,188 



5-16 



5-57 



5-89 



Compared with the results obtained last year, the quantity of 

 turnips and swedes available for use this winter is less by some 

 4,240,000 tons, the very high production of 15 tons per acre 

 which was recorded in 1902 having declined to 12*43 tons m 

 1903, although this is less by only two-fifths of a ton than the 

 ten years' average. The yield in England precisely coincides 



