436 



British Crops of 1898. 



described as a failure. In some counties the yield is 

 estimated to have reached little more than half the 

 average, and deficiencies of four, five, six, and even seven 

 tons per acre have been returned. As the subjoined table 

 shows, England alone was the sufferer, the yield per acre as 

 a whole being 2^- tons less than the ten years' average of 

 under thirteen tons, while in Scotland it was half a ton in 

 excess of the fifteen tons of the decennial average. The 

 total turnip acreage in Great Britain was 1,772,502 acres,, 

 being about 60,000 acres less than in 1897. 



Turnips and Swedes. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 1888-97. 



1S98. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



England 



13,083,000 



17,106,000 



10-58 



13-28 



12-89 



Wales - - - • 



1,012,000 



1,114,000 



14-84 



15-84 



14-90 



Scotland 



7,242,000 



7,432,000 



15-50 



15-64 



15-00 



Great Britain - 



21,337,000 



25,652,000 



12-04 



13-99 



13-50 



Mangolds were grown on 352,235 acres and are almost 

 exclusively an English crop. The yield was over average by 

 nearly one-third of a ton per acre, although falling below 

 the production of the previous year. In this case the vari- 

 ations of yield in different counties will be found consider- 

 able, and to range from 2\ tons below to 4I tons above an 

 average result. 



Mangolds. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 Yield 





1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



per Acre, 

 1888-97. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. ' 



England 



6,064,000 



6,480,000 



17-68 



18-76 



17-38 : 



Wales - - - - 



129,000 



126,000 



16-39 



16-07 



16-11 ; 



Scotland 



25,000 



22,000 



18-04 



16-04 



16-50 



Great Britain - 



6,218,000 



6,628,000 



17-65 



18-69 



17-35 



