1908.] British Crops of 1908. 661 







Difference from — 





Yield 







Crop. 



per Acre in 









1908. 



Yield in 



Average Yield 







1907. 



of 1898-1907. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat ... 



32-29 



- 1 -67 



+ o- 59 



Barley ... 



32 81 



- 2-45 



- 0-57 



Oats 



39-80 



- 3 '24 



+ 0*05 



Beans ... 



30-16 



- 4'34 



+ 0- 10 



Peas 



28-21 



- 1-23 



+ 0-92 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Potatoes 



6-97 



+ i-55 



+ 1-19 



Turnips and swedes ... 



I5'3I 



+ i-i8 



+ 2-15 



Mangold 



21 -OI 



+ 1-15 



+ i-73 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Hay from clover, &c. 



31-42 



- i-55 



+ i-47 



Hay from permanent grass ... 



25-11 



- 2* 12 



+ 0-90 



Hops ... 



12- IO 



+ 3*77 



+ 3-26 ! 



From this it will be seen that, although the high yields of 

 corn and hay last year have not been maintained, the average 

 yield of each crop this year exceeds that of the ten-year period, 

 except in the case of barley, which shows a slight decline. 



The total production and yield per acre of the cereal and pulse 

 crops in the past two seasons are shown in the next table. 



Crop. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 the Ten 

 Years 

 1 898- 1 907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 





Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



J Wheat 



6,565,37.0 



6,900,774 



32-29 



33-96 



31-70 



I Barley 



6,839,081 



7,546,273 



32-81 



35-26 



33-38 



Oats 



15,467,616 



16,799,015 



39-80 



43-04 



39-75 



Beans... 



1,105,442 



1,328,630 



30-16 



34-5o 



30-06 



Peas ... 



544,533 



592,077 



28-21 



29-44 



27-29 



The area sown to wheat this year was slightly greater than in 

 1907, but the total production falls short of last year's by ^ome 

 340,000 quarters, the decline in the average yield amounting to 

 nearly if bushels per acre. In England the yield per acre 

 was more than if bushels, and in Wales more than half a bushel, 

 below that of last year, but in Scotland it was nearly 2J bushels 

 in excess. Compared with the ten years' average the yield 



