438 



British Crops of 1898. 



While the aggregate amount of clover hay cut last year 

 has only once been exceeded, that of meadow hay was less- 

 than in two or three previous years, when the extent of land 

 mown happened to be larger. The area — 4,535,907 acres — 

 of permanent pasture mown in 1898, although slightly 

 exceeding that of 1897, was less than in most of the years 

 previously recorded. Leaving Scotland out of account as 

 possessing only 129,000 acres from which meadow hay was 

 cut, it will be found that although variations occur in the 

 yield recorded for different counties, in only two counties did 

 the estimated yield of 1898 fall below the average. 



Hay cut from Perma- 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 Yield 



nent Grass. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



per Acre, 

 1888-97. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



England - 



5,883,000 



4,963,000 



29*92 



25*44 



23-33 



Wales ... 



549,000 



479,000 



23-12 



20 -20 



i8-oi 



Scotland 



200,000 



194,000 



30-89 



28-84 



28-48 



Great Britain - 



6,632,000 



5,636,000 



29-24 



24-99 



22-95 



,..L. 



