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last year, reported from Yorkshire (West and North Ridings) » 

 Durham, and Northumberland, where a mean of 37-46 bushels 

 was estimated ; while the relatively smallest yield was 

 returned from the west-midland group of Salop, Worcester, 



Barley. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten 





1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



Years 

 1888-97. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



England 



55.377,522 



55,158,713 



35*44 



32-48 



32-93 



Wales- 



3,377,413 



3,116,438 



32-82 



29-86 



29-22 



Scotland 



9,296,q83 



8,538,915 



39-07 



36-63 



1 3577 



Great Britain- 



68,051,918 



66,814,066 



3575 



32-82 



32-97 



Gloucester, Wilts, Hereford, and Monmouth, for which the 

 average was 33*97 bushels. 



The average yield of oats in Great Britain in 1898 is 

 reported as reaching 40*76bushels per acre. Thisis 2*25 bushels 

 over a ten years' average. As will be seen from the table 

 below, however, the oat crop of England was nearly 3 bushels, 

 and that of Wales nearly 4 bushels, over average, the Scotch 

 results being less uniformly good, and standing less than 

 half a bushel per acre over the decennial average. 



Oats. 



1 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 of the 

 Ten 





189S. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



Years 

 1888-97. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



England 



75,282,761 



73,638,993 



43 '49 



40*26 



40-50 



Wales- 



8,389,938 



7,765,962 



36-37 



32-56 



32-42 



Scotland 



35,248,218 



35,442,224 



36-87 



36-60 



36-50 



Gieat Britain- 



118,920,917 



116,847,179 



40-76 



j 38-49' 



38-51 



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