STATISTICS or AYHEAT CTJLTUEE. 249 



SCOTLA>-D. 



meat . . 220,000 3 „ 660,000 



Barley . . 280,000 3^ „ 980,000 



Oats . . 1,275,000 4| „ 5,737,500 



In Scotland, ten years ago, 150,000 acres were reckoned to 

 be under cultivation with wheat, 300,000 with barley, and 

 1,300,000 with oats, which is the great crop and chief food of 

 the people. 



jNIr. Braithwaite Poole, in his " Statistics of British Commerce," 

 1852, states — " The annual average production of all sorts of com 

 in the United Kingdom has been estimated by competent parties 

 at rather more than 60,000,000 quarters, and £80,000,000 in 

 value ; but in the absence of general official returns, we cannot 

 vouch for its accuracy, although, from various comparisons, there 

 are reasonable grounds for assuming this calculation to be as 

 nearly correct as possible. Some persons in the corn trade 

 imagine the aggregate production to approach almost 80,000,000 

 quarters ; but I cannot find any data extant to warrant such an 

 extended assumption." 



The estimated produce of wheat, in quarters, and acreage, he 

 states as follows : — 



Quarters. Acreage. 



England . . . 15,200,000 3,800,000 



Ireland . . . 1,800,000 600,000 



Scotland . . . 1,225,000 350,000 



Total 15,225,000 4,750,000 



The average price of wheat per quarter in the last thirteen years, 

 in England and Wales, has been as follows : — 





s. 



d. 





s. 



d. 



1840 



. 66 



4 



1847 



. 69 



9 



1841 



. 64 



4 



1848 



. 50 



6 



1842 



. 57 



3 



1849 



. 44 



3 



1843 



. 50 



1 



1850 



. 40 



4 



1844 



. 51 



3 



1851 



. 38 



7 



1845 



. 50 



10 



1852 



. 41 



0 



1846 



. 54 



8 









The best wheat, as well as the greatest quantity, is raised in the 

 midland counties. From two and a half to three AYinchester 

 bushels per acre are required for seed, and the average produce 

 varies from twenty-two to thirty-two bushels per acre. 



THE CONTI^'EK'T. 



The quantity of wheat raised in France in 1835 was 71,697,484 

 hectolitres, of which eleven millions was required for seed. The 

 average produce per hectare was stated at thirteen and a half 

 hectolitres. 



The total grain and pidse raised in that year was set doAvn at 

 204,165,194 hectolitres. 



