une 1895.J 



PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



81 



In the same report the aggregate produce and yield per acre 

 of the grain, root and hay crops of the United Kingdom are 

 dealt with, and an analysis given of the variations shown in the 

 produce of certain of the crops in different districts of Great 

 Britain, with comparisons based on a new average calculated for 

 the 10 years for which official estimates of production are now 

 available. The relative character of each of tlie harvests of wheat, 

 barley, oats, potatoes, and hay since 1884, as indicated in this 

 part of the report, is shown by means of the following table, 

 wherein '"100" represents the average yield per acre of the 

 whole period under review : — 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Potatoes. 



Hay 

 (Clover, 

 Ac). 



Hay 

 (Permanent 

 Grass). 



Year. 



Average 

 1885-94, 



29-32 

 Bushels 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 18S5-94, 

 33-02 

 Bushels 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 1885-94, 



38-21 

 Bushels 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 1885--94, 

 5-82 

 Tons 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 1886-94, 

 28-22 

 Cwts. 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 1886-94, 

 23-86 

 Cwts. 

 per Acre. 



1885 



107 



106 



96 



100 







1886 



92 



97 



99 



98 



104 



109 



1887 



109 



95 



91 



109 



97 



87 



1888 



96 



99 



97 



89 



99 



118 



1889 



102 



96 



103 



106 



119 



122 



1890 



105 



106 



108 



91 



108 



112 



1891 



107 



103 



101 



98 



101 



98 



1892 



90 



105 



102 



100 



90 



80 



1893 



89 



93 



93 



118 



66 



53 



189i 



105 



104 



109 



95 



115 



120 



In the case of wheat the increase in bulk in 1894 over 1893 — 

 although subject to much discount on the score of quality — 

 was, it appears, very marked in the South- East and East of 

 England. The total produce of this cereal for Great Britain 

 would appear to have been greater by 20 per cent., but a gain 

 of as much as 37 and 32 per cent, was reported in the districts 

 where the prolonged and excessive drought of 1893 had been 

 most felt. 



The great ad<lition to the area mown for hay forms naturally 

 a subject of special comment, and in view of the entirely excep- 

 tionally scanty character of the 1893 crop, the estimated outturns 

 of the three crops of 1892-3-4 are shown side by side for the 

 several divisions and sub- divisions of England, as well as for 

 England, Wales, and Scotland separately. 



In the section of the report dealing with prices of agricultural 

 produce, the serious drop in corn prices in 1894 is necessarily 

 referred to, and means of ready comparison with earlier records 

 provided, while, in default of officially ascertained average prices 

 of like character in the case of meat, the apparent conclusions 

 to be drawn from the rough market quotations available are 



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