Sept, 1896,] AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 135 



AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1896. 



Preliminary Statement for 1896, compiled from the Returns collected 

 on the 4th June ; and comparisons with previous Years. 



1 "■' 



Crops and Live Stock. 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



1893. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Wheat . 



1,693,957 



1,417,483 



1,927,962 





Barley .... 



2,104,764 



2,166,279 



2,095,771 



2,075 097 



Oats ... 



3,095,488 



3,293,063 



3,253,401 



3,171,756 



Potatoes - - 



563,741 



511,217 



504,454 



527,821 



Hay from clover & rotation grasses 



2,171,966 



2,303,431 



2,121,904 



2,047,008 



Hay from permanent pasture 



4,638,722 



4,760,889 



4,852,442 



4,270,480 



Hops - - 



54,249 



58,940 



59,535 



57,564 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Cows & Heifers in Milk or in Calf - 



2,511,675 



2,485,820 



2,460,086 



2,554,624 



Other Cattle : — 2 Years & above 



1 QfiC r\K>y 

 l,OO0,U0/ 



1,431,525 



±,51b,o72 



1,580,242 



„ 1 Year & under 2 - 



1,306,313 



1,190,368 



1,217,145 



1,354,523 



„ Under 1 Year 



1,310,537 



1,248,623 



1,153,210 



1,211,287 



Total of Cattle 



6,493,582 



6,354,336 



6,347,113 



6,700,676 



Ewes kept for Breeding 



9,925,587 



9,663,129 



9,668,002 



10,128,676 



Other Sheep .—1 Year & above 



6,427,982 



6,334,386 



6,342,730 



6,911,063 



„ Under 1 Year 



10,351,760 



9,794,680 



9,850,768 



10,240,595 



Total of Sheep 



1 26,705,329 



25,792,195 



25,861,500 



27,280,334 



Sows kept for Breeding 



393,729 



415,210 



351,119 



308,722 



Other Pigs 



2,485,072 



2,469,221 



2,038,907 



1,804,808 



Total op Pigs 



2,878,801 



2,884,431 



2,390,026 



2,113,530 



Comparisons with 1895 and 1894. 



Crops and 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Live Stock. 



Over 1895. 



Over 1894. 



Under 1895. 



Under 1894. 





Acres. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Acres. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Acrts. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Acres. 



Per- 

 cent. 



Wheat - 



276,474 



1Q'5 











234,005 



12'1 



Barley 







8,993 



0-4 



61,515 



2'8 







Oats 











200,575 



6'1 



157,913 



4'9 



Potatoes - 



22,524 



4'2 



59,287 



■11' 8 











-Hay from clover - 







50,062 



&'4 



131,465 



s'7 







; Hay from pasture 











122,167 



2'6 



213,720 



4'4 



Hops - - ■ 











4,691 



so 



5,286 







No. 



Per 

 Cent. 



No. 



Per 

 Cent. 



No. 



Per 

 Cent. 



No. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Cows 



25,855 



f'O 



51,589 



2'4 











Other Cattle, 2 & above - 











66,468 



4-6 



151,615 



10'G 



« 1 & under 2 



115,945 



9'7 



89,168 



7'3 











„ Under 1 



63,914 



S'i 



157,327 



13' 6 











Total Cattle 



139,246 



2'2 



146,469 



2'3 











Ewes 



262,458 



2'7 



257,585 



2'7 











Other Sheep, 1 & above - 



93,596 



i'& 



85,252 



1'3 











„ Under 1 



557,080 



5-7 



500,992 



S'I 











Total Sheep 



913,134 



S'5 



843,829 



3'3 











Sows 







42,610 





21,481 



S'2 







Other Pigs - 



15,851 



o-6 



446,165 



21'Q 











Total Pigs 







488,775 



20'5 



5,630 



0'2 







