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[March 1895. 



wurzel and beet of 1-7 tons, and flax of 2-5 stones. Hay from 

 clover, sainfoin, and grasses under rotation, shows an increase of 

 0*4 ton, and hay from permanent pasture or grass not broken up 

 in rotation, an increase of 0'4 ton. The rates for 1894 com- 

 pared with the average rates for the 10 years 1884-93 show 

 for cereal crops an increase in wheat of 1*2 cwts., in oats of 

 1*3 cwts., in barley of 0'9 cwi, and in rye of 0*2 cwt., with a 

 decrease in here of 0*4 cwt. In other crops there is an increase 

 in turnips of 0'8 ton, in mangel wurzel and beetroot of 0*7 ton, 

 and in flax of 6 0 stones. In potatoes there is a decrease of 

 1*0 ton. The rate for hay is 0*3 ton over the average. 



The total produce of wheat in 1894 was 820,490 cwts., being 

 8*0 per cent, under the produce for the preceding year, and 80*5 

 per cent, under the average for the 10 years 1884-93 ; the total 

 quantity of oats was 19,290,996 cwts., being 0*5 per cent, under 

 the produce in 1893, but 7*7 per cent, over the average for the 

 10 years 1884-93 ; the quantity of barley was 2,812,679 cwts., 

 being an increase of 1*5 per cent, as compared with the return 

 in 1893, but 0'8 per cent, below the average for the 10 years 

 1884-93 ; here yielded 2,307 cwts. against 2,619 cwts. in 1893, 

 and an average of 4,627 cwts. for the 10 years 1884-93 ; and 

 the produce of rye was 151,790 cwts., being 14*8 per cent, below 

 that for the preceding year, but 0*6 per cent, above the average 

 for the 10 years 1884-93. 



The total produce of potatoes was 1,873,164 tons, being 38*9 

 per cent, below the yield in 1893, a decrease equivalent to 33*9 

 per cent, as compared with the average produce for the 10 years 

 1884-93. 



The turnip crop was 4,279,494 tons, being 11-7 per cent, 

 under the produce in 1893, but IIT per cent, above the 

 average for the 10 preceding years; and the total quantity 

 of mangel wurzel and beetroot was 758,192 tons, being T4 per 

 cent, less than in 1893, but 24*3 per cent, over the average for 

 the 10 years 1884-93. 



Flax yielded 21,508 tons, being 39'8 per cent, over the produce 

 in 1893, and 23 '8 per cent, above the average quantity for the 

 10 years 1884-93. 



The produce of hay from clover, sainfoin, and grasses under 

 rotation was 1,494,025 tons, showing an increase equal to 19 6 

 per cent, as compared with the quantity in 1893, and the hay 

 from permanent pasture and grass not broken up in rotation 

 amounted to 3,815,339 tons, or 18 0 per cent, in excess of such 

 produce in 1893. The aggregate quantity of hay under both 

 headings (5,309,364 tons) is 826,077 tons, or 18-4 per cent, over 

 that for 1893, and shows an increase equivalent to 20*8 per 

 cent, as compared with the average produce for the 10 years 

 1884-93. 



The following statement is given in the report, showing to 



