March 1897.] THE GRAIN AND POTATO CROPS OF 1896. 



357 



Apart from the injury by wet weather which affected the 

 quality more than the bulk in later districts, the cereal crops 

 of 1896 differed somewhat considerably in yield in certain parts 

 of England. 



The comparative results of the year may be most readily 

 shown by presenting the estimates of produce and yield in the 

 county groups arranged geographically in the distinctive divi- 

 sions of England, which it has been the practice to make use of 

 for the produce statistics. 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



ENGLAND. 



Estimated 



Total 

 Produce. 



Esti- 

 mated 

 Yield 

 per 

 Acre. 



Estimated 



Total 

 Produce. 



Esti- 

 mated 

 Yield 

 per 

 Acre. 



Estimated 



Total 

 Produce. 



Esti- 

 mated 

 Yield 

 per 

 Acre. 



Division I. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



.Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



(a.) Beds, Hunts, Cambs, 

 Suffolk, Essex, 

 Herts, Middlesex, 

 Loudon. 



(5.) Norfolk, Lincoln, 

 York, E.R. 



13,818,473 

 12,795,557 



33'73 

 38'31 



13,129,639 

 19,235,653 



33-63 

 37-58 



8,409,256 

 ! 12,412,143 



41-58 

 44*62 



JL O Icbl 



26,614,030 



35*80 



32,365,292 



35 '87 



20,821,405 



43*34 



Division II. 















(a.) Kent, Surrey, Sus- 

 sex, Berks, Hants. 



(&.) Notts, Leicester, 

 Rutland, North- 

 ants, Bucks, Ox- 

 ford, Warwick. 



7,062,354 

 6,681,309 



33*54 

 32-98 



4,639,874 

 6,540,078 



* 33-12 

 31-85 



10,160,786 

 5,749,000 



42-37 

 33*87 



Total - 



] 3,743,663 



33-27 



11,179,952 



32-36 



15,909,786 



38*85 



Division III. 















(a.) Salop, Worcester, 

 Gloucester. Wilts, 

 Monmouth, Here- 

 ford. 



(6.) Somerset, Dorset, 

 Devon, Cornwall. 



6,309,513 

 3,484,558 



32-84 

 27-97 



4,694,950 

 3,337,761 



28-10 

 24*62 



5,422,165 

 6,574,305 



32*61 

 27-26 



Total - 



9,791,071 



30-92 



8,032,711 



26-54 



11,996,470 



29*44 



Division IV. 















(a.) Northumberland, 

 Durham, York, 

 N.R., York, W.R. 



(5.) Cumberland, West- 

 morland, Lanes, 

 Cheshire, Derby, 

 Stafford. 



2,486,473 

 1,885,032 



32-12 

 32-18 



7,001,907 

 1,263,685 



37-05 

 32-06 



9,661,228 

 11,013,261 



39*37 

 36-35 



Total - - 



4,371,505 



32-15 



8,265,592 



36-19 



20,674,489 



37*70 



Total for England 



51,523,269 



33-88 



59,843,547" 



33-64 



69,402,150 



37*60 



From the foregoing table it will be seen that the effect of the 

 early drought was especially notable in the four south-western 

 counties of Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall, wherein a 

 wheat crop of less than 28 bushels, a barley crop of little more 



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