786 



Produce of Potato and Root Crops, [dec, 



The following preliminary statement shows the estimated total 



produce and yield per acre, of the potato and root crops in Great 



w • „ . , Britain in the- year 191 1, with comparisons 



Produce of Potato , , J . , , 1 



J' tor jq jq an( j the average yield per acre of 



and Root Crops. the ten yearg IgQI _ IO 



Crops. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Acreage. 



Average 

 Estimated Yield 

 Per Acre. 



Average 

 * of the 

 ten 







1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



years. 

 1901- 



Potatoes- 



'England 



Wales 



Scotland 



Tons. 

 2,674,790 

 180,246 

 975,182 



Tons. 



2,467,179 

 131,000 

 878,300 



Acres. 

 402,512 

 26,667 

 142,629 



Acres. 

 376,834 

 26,013 

 136,837 



Tons. 

 6-65 

 0 70 



6-8 4 



Tons. 

 6-55 

 5 °6 

 6-42 



Tons. 

 6-o6 

 5 '06 

 6'39 





v. Great Britain 



3,830,218 



3,477,139 



571,808 



539,684 



67O 



6-44 



6 '08 



Turnips 

 and 



^England 



Wales 



Scotland 



9>3i7» I 59 

 828,874 

 6,251,569 



16,531,832 

 1,000,613 

 8,162,573 



1,066,678 



57,947 

 438,816 



1,064,404 



58,494 

 442,447 



873 

 14*30 

 I4' 2 5 



15 "53 

 17'n 

 i8'45 



13*53 

 15*60 

 16*37 



Swedes. 



^Great Britain 



16,397,602 



25,695,018 



1,563,441 



1,565,345 



10-49 



16-41 



14-40 



Mangold! 



'England 



Wales 



Scotland 



7,245,046 

 191,322 

 43,209 



9.105,471 

 205,468 

 42,056 



438,855 

 n,i54 

 2,252 



429,457 

 ",057 

 2,265 



16-51 

 I7"i5 

 19-19 



I '20 



8-58 

 18-57 



20'II 

 17-96 

 17-76 



1 



v Great Britain 



7,479,577 



9,352,995 



452,261 



44 2 ,779 



i6*S4 



21 - I2 



20 '04 



Note. — The yield per acre of potatoes is slightly larger than in 1910, 

 while the total production, owing to an increase of more than 30,000 

 acres, is some 350,000 tons more than in 19 10. Turnips and swedes 

 have yielded only 10J tons per acre in Great Britain, the Scottish 

 returns being much better than the English, and little more than two 

 tons below the average, whereas in England the deficiency is nearly 

 5 tons. The total of nearly i6| million tons represents a shortage of 

 about 6| million tons as compared with the average of the past 10 

 years, and the crop is the smallest since 1899. Mangolds are returned 

 at 3^ tons per acre below the 10 years' average, being the lowest yield 

 since 1896, while the total of under 7^ million tons is the smallest 

 since 1903, in which year there were, however, 50,000 fewer acres 

 under the crop than at present. 



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

 corn, pulse, and hay crops was issued on the 3rd inst., and that of the 

 produce and yield of hops on October 12th last. 



The Crop Reporters of the Board, in reporting on the crops and the : 

 agricultural conditions on December 1st, state that November, on 

 the whole, proved favourable to autumn! 

 Crop Conditions work, which is now generally well forward.! 

 in Great Britain In certain localities the heavy rainfall had 

 on December 1st. hindered operations to some extent, but inj 

 these good progress had generally been- 

 already made in October, while the strong clay lands had practically; 



