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The Grain Harvest. 



In the case of oats the fluctuations of the estimated average 

 yield per acre in the several divisions of England ranged 

 from 45*75 bushels in the group of counties formed by 

 Norfolk, Lincoln, and the East Riding of Yorkshire, to only 

 35*25 bushels in the four south-western counties, which stand 

 lower than any other sub-division of the country as regards 

 the grain harvest of 1897. 



The estimates for each of the groups of English counties 

 above referred to stand as under : — 



Divisions of England. 



(a.) Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Bedford, Hunts, Cambridge, Suffolk, Essex, 

 Herts, Middlesex, London .... 

 (1^.) North-Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Norfolk, Lincoln, York (East Riding) 

 (a.) South-Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berks, Hants 

 (d.) East-Midland Counties, viz. : — 



Notts, Leicester, Rutland, Northampton, 

 Bucks, Oxford, Warwick .... 

 (a.) West-Midland Counties, viz. : — 



Salop, Worcester, Gloucester, Wilts, Mon- 

 mouth, Hereford 

 (6.) South- Wesiern Counties, viz. : — 



Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornw all - 

 (a.) Northern Counties, viz. : — 



Northumberland, Durham, York (North 

 Riding, York (West Riding) . - - - 

 North-Western Counties, viz. : — 

 Cumberland, Westmorland, Lani:ashire, 

 Cheshire, Derby, Stafford . . . . 



Estimated j-ield per acre in 1897. 



Wheat. 



BuiJieh. 



28-23 

 31 "37 

 28-54 



27- 98 



28- 98 

 26-26 



29- 68 



30- 62 



Barley. 



Bushels. 



32- 06 



33- 87 

 32-24 



30-64 



30-88 

 28-49 



3572 



32-64 



Oats, 



Bushels. 



43"56 

 45"75 

 43'44 



37'44 



39'95 

 35"25 



38-49 



