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with the decennial average, which now stands at slightly less 

 than 12 tons per acre, but in the case of Scotland an important 

 decline of if tons per acre is recorded. 





Estimated Total 



Estimated Yield 





Turnips 



Produce. 



per Acre. 



Average of 



and 











the Ten Years 



Swedes. 











1893-1902. 





1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 







Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



England ... 



12,996,608 



16,023,633 



1 1 '97 



14-67 



11*97 



Wales ... 





1,005,208 



14*3? 



16*50 



14-81 ; 



Scotland ... 



6,057,168 



7,140,609 



13*26 



15-67 



I5'03 



Great Britain 



19,927,460 



24,169,450 



I2'43 



15*02 



12-88 



Mangold gave better results than turnips, the English average 

 rather exceeding that of the decennium. In Wales and Scot- 

 land the quantities obtained were less satisfactory, but the areas 

 sown in those divisions of Great Britain are comparatively 

 small. 



Mangold. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 the Ten Years 





1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 



1893-1902. 



England 



Tons. 

 6,983,763 



Tons. 

 9,072,616 



Tons. 

 18-00 



Tons. 

 21*29 



Tons. 

 17*84 



Wales 



154,937 



198,242 



15*10 



18*32 



16 25 



Scotland ... 



49,055 



76,554 



14*84 



16-68 



1772 



Great Britain 



7,i87,755 



9,347,412 



17*90 



21*17 



1779 



Hay from clover, sainfoin and rotation grasses is reported as 

 yielding 31*69 cwts. per acre in England, or more than 4 cwts. 

 in excess of the decennial yield, but in Wales and Scotland the 

 production fell below the average, so that the excess for Great 

 Britain as a whole was only 2\ cwts. per acre. 



