732 



The British Crops of 1909. 



[dec, 



pulse crops of the past two seasons are given in the second 

 table below. 



Over 800,000 quarters of the increase in the total produc- 

 tion of wheat is accounted for by the extension of nearly 







Difference from - 





Crop. 



Yield per acre 











in 1909. 



Yield in 1908. 



Average yield 

 of 1899-1908. 





bushels. 



bushels. 



bushels. 



Wheat 



3376 



+ i-47 



+ 



2-30 



Barley .. ... - 



3663 



+ 3'8i 



+ 



3'54 



Oats 



4i '31 



+ 1 '54 



+ 



i-66 



Beans 



28-66 



- 1-50 





!"3l 



Peas.., 



25-89 



- 2-32 





J 46 





tons. 



tons. 



tons. 



Potatoes 



6-39 



- 0158 



+ 



o-54 



Turnips and swedes 



i6-i6 



+ 0-83 



+ 



2-67 



Mangold 



20-95 



- 0-08 



+ 



i'33 





cwts. 



cwts. 



cwts. 



Hay from clover, &c. 



28-85 



- 2-57 





o-88 



Hay from permanent grass 



22-75 



- 2-36 





1-05 



Hops 



6-59 



- 5'5i 





2 74* 



200,000 acres in the area of land planted with the crop. The 

 yield in England is over 2J bushels, in Wales nearly if 

 bushels, and in Scotland 2J bushels per acre above the ten- 

 year average, and in the last country only is the yield lower 

 than in 1908, the difference there being" just one-fifth of a 

 bushel. 



Crop. 



Estimated Total Produce. 



Estimated yield per acre. 



Average of 

 the ten years 

 1899-1908. 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 





quarters. 



quarters. 



bushel 5 . 



bushels. 



bushels. 



Wheat ... 



7,694,858 



6,566,892 



3376 



32-29 



31-46 



Barley 



7,620,962 



6,840,055 



36-63 



32-82 



33 '09 



Oats ... 



15-397,308 



15-453,404 



41 '31 



39 77 



39-65 



Beans ... 



1,117,180 



1,105,442 



28-06 



30-16 



29-97 



Peas 





544,533 



25-89 



28-21 



27-35 



The total production of barley is the highest recorded since 

 1902, and is 780,000 quarters above that of last season, 

 although the area sown was practically the same. The yield 

 per acre for Great Britain, which last season was under- 

 average, is this year 3J bushels above the average, and 



