OF THE 



Vol. I.] March 1895. [No.|3. 



I_THE BRITISH HARVEST OF 1894 



The Board of Agriculture issued on the 15th December last 

 a preliminary statement of the estimated produce and yield 

 per acre of the wheat, barley, and oat crops of Great Britain in 

 1894. The estimates may now be added for the potato and hay 

 crops, pending the publication of the complete returns of produce 

 for the year. Compared with the immediately preceding year, 

 both as regards the bulk and the yield per acre, and with the 

 mean of the 10 official estimates now available as to the yield 

 of each harvest from 1885 to 1894 inclusive, the results of the 

 wheat crop may be shown as under : — 



Wheat. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated Yield. 



Average 

 Yield, 





1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1885-94. 



England . . - 



Bushels. 



56,088,000 

 1,420,000 

 1,665,000 



Bushels. 



46,429,000 

 1,205,000 

 1,613,000 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



30-7 



25-1 



371 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 

 25-8 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 

 29-3 

 ! 23-3 



Wales - - . - 

 Scotland 



22-1 

 36-6 



35-3 



Great Britain 



59,173.000 



49,247,000 



30-7 



25-9 



29-3 



Arranging similarly the estimates for barley, the comparison 

 of the official estimates of yield for 1894 with those of 1893, and 

 with the mean of the whole period 1885-94, shows much the 

 same characteristic variation. 



Barley. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated Yield. 



1 



Average 

 Yield, 

 1885-94. 



1894. 



1893. 



1S94. 



1893. j 



England 



Wales - - - - 

 Scotland 



Great Britain 



Bushels. 



61,194,000 

 3,34<i,000 

 7,753,000 



Bushels. 



49,033,000 

 2,803,000 i 

 7,700,000 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



34- 6 

 30-0 



35- 5 



j 



Bushels 

 per Acre. \ 



28-0 



25-1 



36*4 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



331 



28-0 



35-3 



72,295,000 



59,536,000 



34-5 



28-7 



33-0 



O 85876. A 



