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BRITISH CROPS OF 1902. 



The preliminary statement of the produce of crops in Great 

 Britain, issued by the Board of Agriculture, was in previous 

 years restricted to the returns relating to the three principal 

 cereals — wheat, barley, and oats. For the present year this 

 statement has been extended so as to comprise the figures 

 for all the crops for which estimates of yield are collected. It 

 thus becomes possible to give in this number of the Journal 

 the following summary of the results, which has not hitherto been 

 available until three months later : — 





Yield 



Above or 





Yield 



Above or 



Crop. 



per 



Below 



Crop. 



per 



Below 





Acre. 



Average. 





Acre. 



Average. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Wheat ... 



32-83 



+ 2*94 



Potatoes ... 



5-57 



- 0-35 



Barley 



34-82 



4- 2-01 



Turnips and Swedes 



15-02 



+ 2-23 



Oats 



42 65 



+ 4-39 



Mangolds ... 



21-17 



+ 365 



Beans 



3i'37 



+ 5'22 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 





Hay, from clover, &c. 



32-53 



4- 5*27 



Peas 



28-51 



4- 2-88 













Hay, from permanent 



27-17 



+ 5-65 









grass 













1 Hops 



1 



6-48 



- 2-57 



It will be observed that the estimated yield per acre exceeded 

 the average of the preceding ten years in the case of every crop, 

 except potatoes and hops. 



The yield per acre of Wheat for Great Britain has in only two 

 previous years (1896 and 1898), since these estimates were first 

 collected, been returned at so high a figure, although the total 



