Belgian Agricultural Inquiry. 475 



Roots in Belgium appear to be mainly considered as 

 econd or catch crops, except in the case of mangolds. Of 

 he latter there were 100,186 acres in 1895, an increase of 

 ;5,502 acres, or more than 50 per cent, in fifteen years. The 

 )roduction amounted to 1,781,914 tons, or 17-8 tons per acre. 

 Jnder carrots and parsnips (as main crop) 9,453 acres yielded 

 12,194 tons (8*7 per acre) ; and 23,250 acres of turnips, swedes, 

 :abbages, etc. (also as main crop) produced 198,604 tons 

 8' 5 per acre). 



The following table shows the distribution of the various 

 grasses and leguminous plants classed as green fodders, and 

 ndicates a large increase in the acreage under grass, whether 

 or hay, for pasture, or in orchards ; while clovers apparently 

 how some little decline : — 



Crops. 



Area. 



Production, 1895. 



1895. 



1880. 



Per Acre. 



Total. 



Red clover - 



Trifolium incarnalutii - 



Other clovers 



Lucerne 



Sainfoin 



Grass, for hay 



,, grazing - 

 Orchards 

 Rye-grass 



Fodder ^ maize and 

 serradella - 



Acres. 



243,801 

 37,262 



108,171 

 39,762 

 18,127 



573,374 

 408, 1 85 

 117,550 

 21,805 



7,593 



Acres. 



\ 277,848 

 119,383 

 33>2i7 

 14,585 

 526,792 



340,561 

 93,729 

 9,845 



3,994 



Tons. Cwts. 

 9 6 

 7 6 



10 7 



6 5 



Tons.' 



2,271,417 

 273,315 



441,849 

 113,407 



1,510,566 



Total 



1,575,630 



1,419,954 







It would seem that the yield attributed to the clovers, 

 ucerne, and sainfoin is to be considered not as dry hay, but as 

 'epresenting the w^eight cut. In addition to the 27 cwts. of hay 

 3er acre, the grass land is credited with a subsequent return 

 )f I2| cwts. per acre. Since the volumes of the census at 

 Dresent available comprise only statistical tables, it is not 

 Dossible to say what, if any, allowance has been made on 

 iccount of pasture grazed in estimating the production of hay. 



The most important areas included among " other 



