334 



British Crops of 1902. 



the general average, the yield north of the Tweed, where nearly 

 one-third of the total area under this crop is to be found, being 

 only 1 bushel over average, while in England the excess amounted 



Oats. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average of 

 the Ten Years 





1902. 



1901. 



1902. 



1 901. 



1892 — 1901. 



England ... 



Bushels. 

 87,065,205 



Bushels. 

 67,863,053 



Bushels. 

 46*00 



Bushels. 

 37'05 



Bushels. 

 39-9I 



Wales 



7,681,445 



6,490,336 



36-55 



31-09 



33-00 



Scotland ... 



35,637,032" 



35,752,141 



37-34 



37-38 



36-41 



Great Britain 



130,383,682 



110,105,530 



42-65 



36-74 







38-26 



to 6 bushels per acre. The oat crop of 1902 appears to have 

 been, on the whole, the largest, as regards yield per acre, which 

 has been recorded since these official returns were first collected 

 in 1884. 



The Bean crop was estimated to have exceeded the average 

 by rather more than 5 bushels per acre, and was thus relatively 





Estimated Total 



Estimat 



sd Yield 







Produce. 



per Acre. 



I Average of 



Beans. 











1 the Ten Years 













1 1892 — 1901. 





1902. 



1 90 1. 



1902. 



1 90 1. 







Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



England ... 



7,131,349 



5,601,920 



31-25 



23'63 



25-81 



Wales 



31,245 



26.374 



25-57 



21-76 



2379 



Scotland . . . 



438,881 



438,754 



33 99 



34j7 



32-52 



Great Britain 



7,6oi,475 



6,067,048 j 



31-37 



24-] 6 



2615 



the heaviest grain crop of the year. Only once previously has a 

 better quantitative result per acre been shown. 



Peas also show a higher yield per acre than has hitherto been 

 returned, except in one year, although the estimated excess 

 above the average was appreciably less than in the cas^ of 



