FOR THE ^ 



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THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. V. No. 4. MARCH, 1899. 



THE BRITISH CROPS OF i 



Statements showing the total produce and estimated yield 

 per acre of wheat, barley, and oats in Great Britain in the 

 year 1 898 were published in the December number of the 

 Journal.* It is now possible to supplement this information 

 by indicating, in advance of the complete details for each 

 county, the corresponding figures for the remaining crops for 

 which Produce Returns are collected, which, wnth the 

 customary incidental statistics, will appear in the annual 

 volume of the Agricultural Returns. The exceptionally high 

 standard of production reached last year may be concisely 

 shown by simply comparing the several crop-yields of 1898 

 in Great Britain with the difference of each above or below 

 the ten years' average of 1888-97. 



The estimated yield of every enumerated crop, with the 



Crop. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Above 



or 

 Below 

 Average. 



Crop. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Above 



or 

 Below 

 Average. 





Bttshels. 



Bushels. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Wheat - 



3474 



+ S'55 



Potatoes 



6-26 



+ 0-41 



1 Barley - 



3575 



+ 278 



Turnips 



12-04 



-1-46 



j Oats 



4076 



+ 2-25 



Mangolds 



17-65 



+ 0-30 











Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Beans - 



31-07 



+ 4-28 



Hay fr. Clover, etc. 



33-65 



+ 5-89 



Peas 



27*62 



+ 1-92 



Hayfr. Prmt. Grass 



29-24 



+ 6-29 









Hops - 



7-17 



-0-59 



Vol. v., No. 3, p. 289. 



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