191 1.] Area under Crops, Etc... 191 1. 609 



130,734 acres, and reached a smaller total than any yet recorded. 

 There was practically no change in the acreage of oats, but the acreage 

 of beans recovered the loss shown in last yearV* returns. The potato 

 area increased by 6 per cent. (32,330 acres), and thus nearly reached 

 the total recorded in 1909. Mangolds also have slightly extended, but 

 other roots show a somewhat diminished acreage. There is some 



PRELIMINARY STATEMENT for 191 1, compiled from die Returns collected 

 on the 5th Tune ; and comparison with 1910. 



CROPS. 



Distribution. 



| 1911. 



1 



1910.' 



j Increase. 



D E CREASE. 



Total Area (excluding Water) 



J A crss. 

 j 56,214,419 



Acres. 

 56,214,419 



Acres. 



Per 

 Cent. 



A cres. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Total Acreage under all Crops 

 and Grass (a) 



J 



32,094,658 



32,145,930 







51,272 



0'2 



Arable Land 



14,648,104 



14,668,890 







20,786 



O'l 



/"For Hay 

 Not for 



Permanent Grass (a)J Hay... 



5,002,764 

 12,443,790 



5,004,943 

 12,472,097 



- 



- 



2,179 

 28,307 



O'O 

 0'2 



I. Total... 



17,446,554 



17,477,040 







30,486 



0'2 



Wheat... ... 



Barley (including Bere) 



Oats 



Rye 



Beans 



Peas 



Buckwheat 



Potatoes 



Turnips and Swedes 



IVlangolds ... ... 1BI 



Cabbage 



Kohl-Rabi 



Rape 



Vetches or Tares 



Lucerne 



Carrots 



Onions 



Flax 



Hops 



Small Fruit 



1,906,043 

 1,597,947 

 3,010,649 

 46,374 

 311,833 

 167,917 

 5,751 

 £72,014 

 1,563,246 



65,179 

 13,330 

 78,573 

 110,544 

 53,140 

 11,248 

 4,221 

 449 

 33,056 

 84,304 



1,808,854 

 1,728,681 

 3,020,974 

 46,249 

 270,042 

 168,728 

 4,997 

 539,684 

 i,565,345 

 442,779 

 61,929 

 14,880 

 81,722 

 104,604 

 58,505 

 10,724 

 4,038 

 229 

 32,886 

 84,309 



97,189 



4i.79i 



754 

 3 2 >330 



9.47 1 

 3,35o 



5,94o 



524 

 183 

 220 

 170 



5' 4 



rj'5 



i5'i 



6-o 



2-1 



5-2 



57 



4'9 

 45 

 g6'i 

 05 



J 3o,734 

 10,325 



I >°75 

 811 



2,099 



i,55o 

 3,M9 



5,365 

 5 



T6 

 o'j 

 3'9 



05 



O'l 



W4 

 3'9 



g-2 



O'O 



/ For Hay 



Clover and Rotation N 2* fcr 

 Grasses ... ... J Ha y- 



2,074,879 

 2,045,245 



2,074,579 

 2,082,458 



300 



O'O 



37:«3 ■ 



r8 



(.Total... 



4,120,124 



4,i57,o37 







36,913 | 



o-g 



Other Crops 



Bare Fallow 



110,609 

 329,403 



105,684 

 354,010 



4,825 



4-6 



24,607 



T9 



Orchards (b) 



250,669 



250,673 







4 ! 



O'O 



(a) Excluding Mountain and Heath Land used for grazing (12,875,660 acres in 1911). 

 {b) Any Crop or Grass grown in Orchards is also returned under its proper heading. 



indication of a revival of the cultivation of flax, which forty years ago 

 occupied about 20,000 acres, but in recent years has almost disappeared. 

 The acreage of hops also for the second successive year shows a slight 

 extension, though it is still nearly 12,000 acres less than it was so 

 recently as 1907. The acreage under fruit, which for several years 

 up to 1909 had increased annually, now remains stationary. 



The returns of horses on agricultural holdings have been collected 

 this year in fuller detail than heretofore. In addition to horses used for 



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