684 



Produce of Hops. 



[NOV., 



country, the rainfall recorded being "light," or "very light" every- 

 where except in the Southern and Midland counties. Though rain was 

 generally absent, the weather was cloudy and the sunshine was either 

 "scanty" or "very scanty," except in the north of Scotland. The 

 spell of unusual warmth which had been experienced in the easterly 

 and north-easterly districts of England since the beginning of the 

 month still continued. Warmth was also "unusual" during this week 

 over the rest of England, except in the Midland counties, where it was 

 only "moderate." 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued the following 

 preliminary statement, dated October 19th, showing the estimated 

 total production of hops in the years 19 10. 

 Produce of Hops. and 1909, with the acreage and estimated 

 average yield per statute acre in each county 

 of England in which hops were grown. 



Counties, &c. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



j Acreage Returned 

 1 on 4th June. 



Estimated Aver- 

 age Yield per Acre. 







1910. 



1909. 



1910. 



1909. 



1910. 



190 



Kent 



(East • 



Mid 



Weald 



Cwt. 

 49,135 

 64,874 

 72,886 



Cwt. 



34,86i 

 58,283 

 62,600 



Acres. 

 5,779 

 6,942 

 7,357 



Acres. 



5,7H 

 6,724 

 7,201 



Cut. 



8*50 

 9'34 

 9-91 



Cwt. 

 6"io 

 8 67 

 869 





^Total, Kent 



186,895 



155,744 



20,078 



19,636 



9-31 



7 '93 



Hants 



Hereford 



Surrey 



Sussex 



Worcester ... 

 Other Counties* ... 



16,946 

 40,961 

 5,341 

 22,878 

 28,666 

 988 



9,444 

 14,966 



2,344 

 15,785 

 16,123 



78 



1,411 



4,987 

 514 

 2,653 

 3,109 

 134 



1,414 

 4,997 



544 

 2,775 ! 

 3,o54 1 



119 ; 



12*01 

 821 

 10-38 



8- 62 



9- 22 

 7-37 



6-68 

 2-99 



4- 3i 

 5*69 



5- 28 

 o-66 





Total 



302,675 



214,484 



32,886 



32,539 



9-20 



6*59 



* Gloucester and Salop. 



Note. — The estimated average yield of 9*20 cwt. per acre this year, 

 although larger by over 2\ cwt. than that of 1909, is smaller than 

 that of 1908 by nearly 3 cwt. The wide differences in the yield of 

 successive seasons renders comparison with an average crop some- 

 what difficult, but— following the system adopted by the Board in all, 

 crop returns since the institution of official estimates in 1885 — the 

 average of the preceding decade is adopted as the basis for comparison 

 The average yield of the ten years 1900-9 was 871 cwt. per acre, 

 so that the yield per acre for 19 10 is rather more than 5 per cent, 

 above an average. On the other hand the total crop, though larger, 

 by 88,000 cwt. than in 1909 — owing partly to a slight increase of: 

 acreage but mainly to the increased yield per acre — is smaller. by ; 

 99,000 cwt., or nearly 25 per cent., than the average total crop of the 

 preceding ten years. 



