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Great Britain this season was reduced by 3*3 per cent., and 

 the average yield was smaller by nearly i bushel per acre, 

 so that the total production was nearly 500,000 quarters 

 short of that of last year, as the subjoined table shows. 



Barley. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten 



1897. 



1896. 



1897. 



1896. 



Years, 

 1887-96. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



England - - - 



55,148,526 



59,843,547 



32-48 



33-64 



32-81 



Wales - 



3,116,438 



2,823,170 



29-86 



26-21 



28-89 



Scotland - - - 



8,538,915 



8,108,059 



36-63 



37-14 



35-51 



Great Britain 



66,803,879 



70,774,776 



32-82 



33-63 



32-82 



The largest average yield of barley in any of the groups 

 of English counties referred to above was reported from 

 Yorkshire (West and North Ridings) Durham, and 

 Northumberland, where a mean of 3572 bushels was 

 estimated ; while the smallest yield was returned, as 

 in the case of wheat, from the four south-western counties, 

 for which the average was only 28*49 bushels. 



The average yield of oats in Great Britain in 1897 was, 

 according to the preliminary estimate, 38*49 bushels per 

 acre. This is a little over a ten years' average, and it is 

 nearly if bushels per acre better than the poor oat crop of 

 1896, as will be seen from the table below. 



Oats. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten 





1897. 



1896. 



1897. 



1896. 



Years 

 1887-96. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels 



England 



73,604,275 



69,402,150 



40-26 



37-60 



40-12 



Wales - - - - 



7,765,962 



7,179,786 



32-56 



29-71 



32-26 



Scotland 



35,442,224 



37,433,971 



36-60 



37-13 



36-12 



Great Britain 



116,812,461 



114,015,907 



38-49 



36-83 



38-13 



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