400 THE GRAIN, POTATO, AND HAY CROrS OF 1895. [March 1896. 



and with^the mean for the whole period 1885-94, the variationi 

 is also downwards, and the figures will be found to be as^ 

 follows : — ■ 





Estimated 

 Total Produce. 







{ Barley, 



, Estimated Yield. 



Average 

 Yield, 

 1885-94. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 















England 



Wales - . - - 

 Scotland 



I Great Britain 



Bushels. 



58,092,000 

 2,997,000 

 7,562,000 



Bushels. 



61,194,000 

 3,348,000 

 7,753,000 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



31*6 



26*8 



34-9 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



34- 6 

 30-0 



35- 5 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



33-1 



28-0 



35-3 



68,651,000 



72,295,000 



31-7 



34-5 



33*0 



The estimates for the Oat crop show a diminished yield per 

 acre of some 14 per cent, in England and Wales compared with 

 1894, when the crop was an over average one ; but the reduction 

 is under 5 per cent, in Scotland : — 



0ats» 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated Yield. 



Average 

 Yield. 

 1885-94. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 











Bushels 

 per Acre. 



44-6 



35-9 



37-3 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



40-6 



32-6 



35-6 



England - 



Wales - - . - 



Scotland 



Great Britain 



Bushels. 



78,645.000 

 7,654,000 

 35,850,000 



Ill 1 



Bushels 

 per Acre. 



38-4 



31-6 



35*5 



122,149,000 



135,463,000 



^37-1 



41-6 



38-2 



Turning to the crops for which the estimates have not hitherto 

 been published, it will be found that Potatoes compare very 

 favourably indeed with the yield of 1894, the total productioni 

 of the year 1895 in Great Britain being higher than in any 

 year since the returns have been collected. The acreage, as 

 already shown in the published agricultural returns, was more 

 than 7 per cent, above that of 1894, and larger than in any 

 year of the last five, while the yield per acre throughout Great 

 Britain was even higher than in 1893. 



Potatoes. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated 

 Yield per Acre. 



Average 

 Yield 

 per Acre, 

 1885-94. 



1895. 



1894. 1 



1895. 



1894, 



England - 

 Wales - 



Scotland ... 

 Great Britain 



Tons. 



2,519,000 

 227,0;.)0 

 847,000 



Tons. 



1,975,000 1 

 186,000 

 628,000 1 



Tons. 

 6-7 

 6-7 

 6-3 



Tons. 

 5-8 

 5-5 

 4-8 



Tons. 

 5-9 

 5-6 

 5-6 



3,593,000 



2,789,000 I 



i 



6-6 



5-5 



5-8 



More uncertainty has prevailed as to the effect of the season 

 of 1895 on the Hay crops of the year. The figures published in 

 the subjoined tables show that the estimated yield per acre of 

 hay made from clover and rotation grasses was in England 



