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average, mainly in consequence of an increase of acreage in recent 

 years. Barley is slightly above an average yield in Great Britain, 

 notwithstanding a deficiency of one bushel per acre in Scotland, but it 

 is less than in 1909 by three bushels per acre. Oats are the most 

 satisfactory of the corn crops with a yield per acre of over one bushel 

 above average. Beans are well above average and still more above 

 the previous year's return. The hay crop, both from arable and 

 meadow land, is above the average by nearly 2 cwt. per acre in the 

 one case and cwt. in the other. Altogether over 9^ million tons 

 of hay were grown this year as compared with less than 8^ million 

 tons in 1909. The average annual production is about 9 million tons. 



The estimates for the potato and root crops are collected at a later 

 date than those for corn, pulse, and hay, and will be issued subse- 

 quently. 



Most of the Crop Reporters of the Board, in reporting on the state 

 of the crops and the agricultural conditions on November 1st, state 

 ■pl , . that the quality and condition of wheat and 



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garded as fairly satisfactory, but, on the 



on November 1st. other hand> gome Reporters refer to the con . 



dition as poor, or even bad. In many districts the quality of barley is 

 reported as poor and inferior ; much is discoloured and weather-stained, 

 and good malting samples are often scarce. The crop appears to be 

 somewhat better in Scotland, but even there is not generally satisfac- 

 tory. The official returns of the quantities of grain produced in Great 

 Britain show that the total production of wheat was 7,064,904 qrs,, 

 or 31*25 bushels per acre, which is about half a bushel below the ten- 

 years' average. The yield was relatively least satisfactory in East 

 Anglia and the extreme south-east, but above the average, generally, 

 in the Midlands, North of England, and Wales; Scotland's yield was 

 nearly a bushel below average. The average yield of barley, 33*67 

 bushels per acre, was just one-third of a bushel above the average, 

 the total for Great Britain being 7,275,191 qrs. As in the case of 

 wheat, the smallest crops were in the east and south-east of England, 

 and in the east of Scotland, the rest of the country being as a rule 

 well over average. The total yield of oats, 15,484,241 qrs., or 41 

 bushels per acre, was practically 1 bushel ov'er average ; the Welsh 

 yield being no less than 3^, and the Scotch if, bushels over average; 

 again, the eastern side of the country was less satisfactory than the 

 western. 



Beans yielded 1,083,690 qrs., or 32*42 bushels per acre, which is 

 2\ bushels above the average ; of the more important counties, only 

 the East Riding of York and Sussex were seriously deficient. Peas 

 on the other hand, proved deficient by 1 bushel per acre; the total 

 production being 500,658 qrs., or 26*17 bushels per acre. 



The corn harvest in Scotland, which had not been completed at 

 the date of the last report, was generally finished during the first fort 

 night of October, having been favoured by good weather, though in 

 the more northern districts it was about a week later. 



Potato-lifting has very generally been completed in England, and 

 the bulk of the crop has been secured in Scotland. The damage caused 



