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The Grain Harvest of 1901. 



more than a bushel per acre the average results of the ten 

 years 1891-1900. The comparative figures of the estimates 

 of the oat crop are as follows : — 



Oats. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Vield 

 per Acre. 



Average 

 : of the 

 1 en 





1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



Years 

 1891-00. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



England ... 



67,863,053 



73,604,178 



37*05 



39-56 



1 40*38 



Wales - - -v* ~f* 



6,490,336 



7,238,305 



31-09 



33H4 



33-i8 



Scotland - 



35,752,141 



34,005,054 



37-38 



35-83 



36-19 



Great Britain 



110,105,530 



114,847,537 



36-74 



37-95 



38-47 



The subjoined statement shows the yield per acre of 



Wheat, Barley, and Oats in the years 1901 and 1900, in each 

 of the divisions into which England is commonly divided for 



the purposes of the Agricultural Returns : — 





Estimated Yield per Acre. 



Divisions 



Wheat. 



Barlev. 



Oats. 



of England, 

















1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



I. (a) Beds., Hunts., 

 Cambs., Suffolk, Es- 



























sex, Herts., Middle- 















sex, London 



\ 31 '93 



27-46 



30-66 



30*80 



39 '94 



42-41 



(b) Norfolk, Lincoln, 













York, E. Riding 

 II. {a) Kent, Surrey, 



31-95 



29-97 



30-49 



30-92 



42-88 



43-24 













Sussex, Berks., Hants. 



3I-I7 



2877 



29-40 



31-60 



38-40 



40-15 



(b) Notts., Leicester, 













Rutland, Northants, 















Bucks., Oxon., War- 















wick ... 



28-99 



28-23 



27.28 



29-16 



30-91 



34'35 



1 1 1, (a) Salop, Worcester, 













Gloucester, Wilts., 















Monmouth, Hereford 



30-27 



28*13 



29o4 



30-16 



35*37 



36-86 



{b) Somerset, Dorset, 











i Devon, Cornwall 



; 28-57 



25-76 



31-10 



30-92 



35*53 



38-5o 



IV.(a) Northumberland, 









Durham, York N.R., 















and York W.R. 



28-84 



28-43 



3276 



33-39 



36-58 



39-8i 



[b) Cumberland, 











Westmorland, Lanes., 















Stafford, Cheshire, 















! Derby - 



30-72 



3^85 



30-57 



32-09 



34 '44 



38-83 



