1032 Changes in Agricultural Holdings, [march, 



cultivated area year by year involves the disappearance of a 

 number of holdings, and probably small holdings are 



Year. 



England. 



Wales. 



Total of 

 England and Wales. 



189O * 



^°7,:)4 0 



4 t j944 



309,290 



1895 Z 



257,646 



41,732 



299,378 



1903 



248,936 



41,735 



290,671 



1904 



248, 104 



41,895 



289,999 



1905 



247,854 



42=013 



289,867 



1906 



246,934 



41,992 



288,926 



I907 



246,896 



42,197 



289,093 



1908 



245,102 



42,074 



287,176 



1909 



245»8S6 



42,155 



288,OII 



I9IO 



246,584 



42,218 



288,802 



19H 



250,166 



42,322 



292,488 



* The holdings of one acre have been deducted in the proportion ascertained 

 in 1895, 



swallowed up by urban encroachments in greater numbers than 

 larger farms. Indeed, to this cause the diminution of small 

 holdings in earlier years was largely attributed. Not only, 

 therefore, has the creation of small holdings since 1908 been 

 sufficient to make good this wastage, but to increase sub- 

 stantially the total number of small holdings in the country. 



An indication of the extent to which the larger holdings are 

 being broken up to satisfy the demand for small holdings is 

 afforded by the figures in the following table showing the 

 changes in the number of holdings of all sizes in England and 

 Wales. 





1 to 5 acres. 



5 to 50 acres. 



50 to 300 acres. 



Over 300 acres. 





1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



1 91 1. 



910. 



1911. 



910. 



England . 



82,538 



80,429 



[67,628 



166,155 



IIOjIIO 



109,981 



14,377 



H,53I 



Wales.... 



IO,2IO 



"10,234 



32,112 



31,984 



17,965 



17,996 



370 



364 



England 

 and Wales 



92,748 



90,663 



199,740 



198,139 



128,075 



127,977 



14,747 



14,895 



