OF THE 



0f l^gricitltiirL 



Tol. II.] March 1896. [No. 4. 



THE GRAIN, POTATO, AND HAY CROPS OF 1895. 



A preliminaiy statement of the estimated total produce and 

 yield per acre of the Wheat, Barley, and Oat crops of Great 

 Britain in 1895 was issued by the Board of Agriculture on 15th 

 December last. Estimates may now be added for the yield of 

 the Potato and Hay crops, pending the publication of the complete 

 returns of produce which will appear, in accordance with the 

 procedure now adopted, in the complete volume of Agricultural 

 Returns for the year. 



The estimate of Wheat in 1895, grown as that cereal was 

 on a largely reduced acreage, compares very unfavourably 

 in bulk with that of the immediately preceding year. The 

 yield per acre in each of the last two years, and also the mean 

 of the 10 official estimates of the yield of each harvest from 

 1885 to 1894 inclusive, may be shown as under : — 



Wheat. 



Estimate;! 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated Yield. j 



! 



Averaj?e 

 Yield, 

 1885-94. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



England 



Wales - - - - 

 Scotland 



Great Britain 



Bushels. 



35,120,000 

 952,000 

 1,104,000 



Bushels. 



56,088,000 

 1,420,000 

 1,665,000 



} Bushels 

 1 per Acre. 

 ! 26-2 

 1 21-6 

 32-8 



Bushels } 

 per Acre. 

 30-7 i 

 25-1 i 

 37-1 ' 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 

 29-3 

 23-3 

 35-3 



37,176,000 



59.173,000 



26-2 



30-7 ' 



29-3 



Arranging similarly the estimates for Barley, the comparison 

 of the official estimates of yield for 1895 with those for 1894, 



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