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AGRICULTURAL R.ETURNS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1898, 



Preliminary wStatement for 1898, compiled from the Returns 

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



Crops and Live Stock. 



1898. 



1897. 



1896. 1 1895. 



i 



Wheat - - - - 

 Barley - - - 



Oats 



Potatoes - -~ - 

 Hay from clover & rotation grasses 

 Hay from permanent pastvire 

 Hops - 



Ac7'es. 

 2,102,220 

 1,903,652 

 2,917,770 

 524,591 

 2,381,551 

 4,536,425 

 1 49,735 



Acr-es. 

 1,889,161 

 2,035,790 

 3,036,056 

 504,914 

 2,285,965 



4,509,785 

 50,863 



Acres. 



T (-\C\1 C\C1 

 •1,093,95/ 



2,104,764 



3,095,488 



563,741 

 2,171,966 



54,217 



Acres. 



T All A^l 

 2,166,279 

 3,296,063 

 541,217 

 2,303,431 



4, /uu,u/4 

 58,940 



Cows & Heifers in Milk or in Calf 

 Other Cattle :— 2 Years and above 

 , , I Year and under 2 

 Under i Year 



Total of Cattle - 



Ewes kept for Breeding 

 Other Sheep : — i Year and above- 

 Under i Year 



Total of Sheep - 



Sows kept for Breeding 



Other Pigs 



Total of Pigs 



No. 

 2,587,190 

 1,381,595 

 1,345,844 

 1,307,735 



No. 



2,532,379 

 1,323,230 

 1,360,741 

 1,284,147 



No. 

 2,511,675 

 1,365,057 

 1,306,313 

 1,310,537 



No. 

 2,485,820 



1,431,525 

 1,190,368 

 1,246,623 



6,622,364 



6,500,497 



6,493,582 



6,354,336 



10,137,932 

 6,203,858 

 10,401,404 



10,006,697 

 6,219,001 

 10,114,742 



9,925,587 

 6,427,982 

 10,351,760 



9,663,129 

 6,334,386 

 9,794,680 



26,743,194 



26,340,440 



26,705,329 



25,792,195 



362,200 

 2,089,395 



334,244 

 2,008,058 



393,729 

 2,485,072 



415,210 

 2,469,221 



2,451,595 



2,342,302 



2,878,801 



2,884,431 



Comparisons with 1897 and 1896. 





1898 compared with 1897. 



1898 compared with 1896. 



Crops and Itve 



















Stock. 





















Increase. 



Decrease. 



Increase. 



Decrease. 







Per 





Per 





Per 





Per 





Acres. 



Cent. 



Acres. 



Cent. 



Acres. 



Cent. 



Acres. 



Cent. 



Wheat - - 



213,059 



II-3 







408,263 



24-1 







Barley - • - 







132,138 



6-5 







1 201,112 



9-6 



Oats - - 







118,286 



3-9 







177,718 



57 



Potatoes 



19,677 



3-9 









39,150 



6-9 



Hay froni clover - 



95,586 



4-2 







209,585 



9-6 







Hay from pasture - 



26,640 



0-6 











1 101,498 



2*2 



Hops - - - - 







1^128 



2-2 







4,482 



8-3 







Per 





Per 





Per 





Per 





No. 



Cent. 



No. 



Cent. 



No. 



Cent. 



No. 



Cent' 



Cows - - - - 



54,811 



2-2 







75,515 



3-0 







Other Cattle, 2 & above- 



58,365 



4*4 







16,538 



I -2 







,, I & under 2 







14,897 



I •: 



39,531 



3-0 







Under i 



23^588 



I -8 











2,802 



0-2 



Total Cattle 



121,867 



1-9 







128,782 



2-0 







Ewes - - - - 



131,235 



1-3 







212,345 



2-1 







Other Sheep, i & above 





15,143 



0-2 





224,124 



3-5 



,, Under i - 



286^662 



2-8 







49,644 



0-5 







Total Sheep 



402,754 



I '5 







37,865 



O'l 







Sows - - - - 



27,956 



8-4' 











31,529 



. 8-0 



Otlier Pigs - 



81,337 













395,677 



15*9 



Total Pigs - 



109,293 



47 











427,206 



14-8 



