Agricultural Returns of 1898. 



II.— County Summary 

 Preliminary Statement of the Acreage under Wheat, 



compiled from the Returns collected on the 4th June, 







Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Counties. 



































1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



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1897. 



1898. 



1897. 







Acres. 



A cres. 



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Aa-es. 



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Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



TOTAL FOR 

 GREAT BRITAIN 



1 





T 8S0 t6t 



T 00^ 6^"^ ! 



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— 



ENGLAND 



- 



1,987,385 



1,785,562 



1,562,761 



1,698,323 





1,829,072 



WALES - 





58.960 



53,810 



102,921 



104,371 



230,670 



2^8, c;io 



SCOTLAND 





';^!87S 



49,789 



237,970 



233,096 





968,474 



ENGLAND. 

















Bedford - 



- 



42,145 



37,898 



19,063 



21,887 ' 



14.955 



15,963 



Berks 





40, 1 50 



38,610 



25,293 



26,777 



29,406 



30,484 



Buckingham - 





37,199 



35,822 



1 17,454 



19,585 



26,808 



28,402 



Cambridge 





102,955 



95,144 



52,973 



58,893 



42,742 



43,948 



Chester - 





17,950 



13,533 



1,387 



1,930 



60,070 



61,940 



Cornwall 



- 



31,621 



27,435 



29,771 



31,278 



64,789 



65,006 



Cumberland - 





4,223 



3,800 



2,136 



1,953 



75,376 



77,118 



Derby 





16,579 



13,844 



5,541 



6,698 



24,260 



26,664 



Devon 





71,^56 



65,476 



39,947 



44,123 



117,600 



122, 169 



Dorset 



- 



26,61 [ 



24,264 



25,856 



26,951 



26,427 



27,414 



Durham - 





17,781 



12,523 



15,053 



16,316 



32,151 



36,173 



Essex 





124,86 1 



115, 412 



H:767 



94,279 



50,571 



55,740 



Gloucester 



- 



55,^84 



52,990 



24,606 



28,138 



30,855 



32,723 



Hants 



- 



67,079 



64,735 



! 37,019 



40,068 



72,634 



73,216 



Hereford- 



- 



31,833 



29,197 



18,530 



20,373 



21,334 



23,064 



Hertford- 





54,152 



52,359 



I 27,529 



31,803 



32,132 



33,948 



Huntingdon - 



- 



33,729 



30,494 



19,523 



21,866 



11,341 



11,554 



Kent 



- 



53,494 



47,427 



36,535 



39, 502 



43,804 



47,738 



Lancaster 





22,146 



17,912 



0,389 



8,827 



70,812 



73,802 



Leicester - 



- 



! 25,562 



21,472 



12,510 



15,502 



25,070 



25,955 



Lincoln - 



- 



207,425 



174,424 



194,802 



220, 128 



114,777 



122,345 



London 





210 



124 



43 



47 



158 



182 



Middlesex 



- 



i 3,643 



3,547 



1,013 



1,122 



2,454 



2,756 



Monmouth 



- 



1 8,108 



7,461 



1 4.745 



5,278 



8,507 



8,925 



Norfolk - 



- 



144,133 



134,095 



197,360 



203,849 



49,690 



51,296 



Northampton - 



- 



49,840 



43,698 



41,891 



46,972 



22,245 



23,381 



Northumberland 



- 



9,688 



6,543 



1 32,028 



33,804 



44,116 



46,801 



Notts 



- 





36, 500 





/in A c8 



■~' T CO T 



33,001 



Oxford 



- 



40,995 



38,902 



1 39,496 



42,607 



28,018 



30,709 



Rutland - 





5,425 



4,330 



i 10,494 



11,121 



3,634 



3,744 



Salop 





42,395 



38,552 



49,370 



50,439 



37,904 



41,304 



Somerset - 





39,3'7 



36,708 



22,989 



25,656 



25,597 



27,847 



Stafford - 





25,581 



23,664 



15,300 



16,010 



36,371 



38,883 



Suffolk - 





116,986 



105,839 



1 138,504 



143,655 



30,822 



35,176 



Surrey 





22,812 



20,254 



1 7,497 



8,627 



22,116 



23,490 



Sussex 





57,747 



54,397 



1 10,899 



12,319 



58,504 



61,692 



Warwick - 





39,835 



36,648 



i 12,483 



14,629 



27,405 



29,447 



Westmorland - 





225 



168 



' 633 



792 



16,163 



16,505 



Wilts 





57,682 



56,569 



38.447 



40,464 



43,331 



44,256 



Worcester 





35,418 



34,747 



9,260 



{ 10,677 



16,472 



18,389 



York, E. Riding 





69,144 



58,194 



! 72^37 



77,286 



93,053 



98,282 



,, N. Riding 





34,034 



22,229 



' 70,264 



76,964 



1 72.043 



78,352 



W. Riding 





56,548 



47,622 



1 55,106 



i 



58,070 



' 73,059 



79,288 



