ig08.] 



Produce of Hops. 



617 



Crops. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce in 

 Great Britain. 



Acreage in 

 Great Britain. 



Average Esti- 

 mated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten 

 Years 





1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1898- 

 1907. 



Wheat ... 



Barley 



Oats 



Beans 



Peas 



Quarters. 

 6,565,370 

 6,839,081 

 15,467,616 

 1,105,442 

 544,533 



Quarters. 



6,900,774 

 7,546,273 

 16,799,015 

 1,328,630 

 592,077 



Acres, 

 1,626,733 



1,667,437 

 3,108,844 

 293,228 

 154,398 



Acres. 

 1,625,436 

 1,712,094 

 3,122,590 



308,131 

 160,876 



Bushels. 

 32-29 

 32-81 

 39-80 

 30-16 

 28-21 



Bushels. 

 33'96 

 35-26 

 43-04 

 34-50 

 29-44 



Bushels. 

 31-70 

 33-38 

 39*75 

 30-06 

 27-29 



Hay from 

 clover, san- 

 foin, &c. 



Hay from 

 permanent 

 grass 



Tons. 

 3,507,468 



6,214,431 



Tons. 

 3,709,977 



6,719,257 



2,232,353 

 4,949,038 



2,250,319 

 4,935,935 



Cwts. 

 31-42 



25*11 



Cwts. 

 32-97 



27-23 



Cwts. 

 29*95 



24-21 



The preliminary statement of the produce and yield per acre of Potatoes and Roots 

 in 1908 will be issued shortly. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued the following preliminary 

 statement showing the estimated total production of hops in the years 1908 and 1907, 

 with the acreage and estimated average yield per statute 

 Produce of Hops, acre in each county of England in which hops were 



grown : — 



Counties, &c. 



Estimated Total 

 Froduce. 



Acreage Returned 

 on 4th June. 



Estimated 

 Average Yield 

 per Acre.* 





1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



fEast 

 | Mid 

 Kent ...^ Weald 



Cwts. 



84,469 

 118,003 

 108,843 



Cwts. 

 63,663 

 64,489 

 93,7o8 



Acres. 



7,364 

 7,900 

 8,711 



Acres. 

 9,200 



9,443 

 9,526 



Cwts. 



11- 47 

 14-94 



12- 49 



Cwts. 

 6*92 

 6'8 3 

 9-84 



i 



L Total, Kent 



31^315 



221,860 



23,975 



28,169 



12-98 



7-88 



Gloucester 



Hants 



Hereford 

 Salop 

 Surrey ... 



Sussex .. ... ... 



Worcester 



221 

 21,176 



54,554 

 1,015 

 8,021 

 40,203 

 34,256 



242 

 17,865 

 58,268 

 9IO 

 7,089 



39,679 

 28,2l6 



45 

 1,636 

 5,572 

 "3 

 648 



3,579 

 3,353 



46 

 1,842 



6,143 

 129 



744 

 4,243 

 3,622 



4-91 

 12-94 



9-79 

 8-98 

 12-38 

 11-23 



IO'22 



5-25 

 9-70 

 9-48 

 7*05 

 9*53 

 9'35 

 7-79 



Total 



470,761 



374,129 



38,921 



44,938 



12- IO 



8-33 



* The average yield per acre is calculated on the acreage returned on 4th June ; 

 but as a certain proportion of that acreage was not picked, the yield per acre on the 

 acreage actually picked would be rather higher. 



