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considerably under that of the 1894 crop, although but slightly 

 under the average of the past years for which returns exist. 

 It was inferior in Wales, and still more so in Scotland. The 

 comparisons for this class of hay stand as under : — : 





Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



, Estimated 

 Yield per Acre. 



Average 



Yield 

 per Acre, 



1886-94. 



Hay from Clover and 

 Rotation Grasses. 









1894. 





1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



England 



Wales 



Scotland 



Great Britain 



Tons. 

 2,429,000 

 188,000 

 502,000 



Tons. 

 2,524,000 

 233,000 

 691,000 



1 Cwts. 

 27-9 

 21-1 

 26' 0 



Cwts. 

 32-4 

 27'4 

 35-1 



Cwts. 

 28-1 

 23-1 

 30-7 



3,117,000 



3,448,000 



i 27-1 



32-5 



28-2 















The case of hay from permanent grass would appear to be 

 materially different from that shown for clover hay in the 

 above table, the results indicating a very greatly reduced 

 bulk. In Scotland, the total crop was below that harvested in 

 1893 ; and although in England there was, on the whole, no 

 approach to such scarcity as prevailed in that remarkable season, 

 the estimated production of hay from permanent grass represents 

 less than two thirds of the large crop of 1894. 



Hay from Permanent Grass. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Estimated 

 Yield per Acre. 



Average , 

 Yield 

 per Acre, 

 1886-94. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



England 



Wales ... 

 Scotland ... 



Great Britain 



Tons. 

 3,950,000 

 412,000 

 197,000 



Tons. 

 6,121,000 

 569,000 

 252,000 



Cwts. 

 19-4 

 16-3 

 22-6 



Cwts. 

 29-3 

 22-3 

 31-0 



Cwt s. 

 24*3 

 18-2 

 28-9 



4,559,000 



6,942,000 



19-2 



28-6 



23-9 



Putting together the two series of estimates, it would seem 

 that the Hay crop of all descriptions secured in 1895, in Great 

 Britain, did not exceed 7,680,000 tons, compared with 10,390,000' 

 tons in the previous season. 



