British Crops of iqoi. 



435 



1900. In Scotland the yield ^exceeded the average by 

 a ton per acre, and was twice as much as this above the 

 crop of the preceding year. The yield of Potatoes in that 

 country was, with the exception of the crop of 1898, the 

 largest on record. 



Potatoes. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



I 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



Average 



per 

 j Acre, 















1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



19C0. 



1891- 

 1900. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



England 



2,628,000 



1,986,000 



6-33 



5 '00 



5-96 



Wales - 



182,000 



153,000 



57o 



4-61 



570 



Scotland 



861,000 



596,000 



6-62 



4*54 



5-57 



Great Britain 



3,671,000 



2,735>ooo 



6-36 



4-87 



5-85 



In the case of Turnips and Swedes also Scottish farmers 

 fared better than their southern brethren, for while the 

 estimated yield in England was more than a ton per acre 

 below the decennial average, north of the Tweed it was esti- 

 mated at half a ton in excess. On the comparatively small 

 acreage of Wales the excess over the average was even 

 greater than in Scotland. 



Turnips and Swedes. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Estimated Yield 

 per Acre. 



! 



Average 

 Yield 

 per 

 Acre, 

 1891- 

 1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



1 901. 



1900. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



England 



12,449,000 



15,855,000 



10-88 



13-66 



12-08 



Wales - ' - 



947,000 



966,000 



15-28 



15*34 



14-67 



Scotland - - - 



7,018,000 



7,139,000 



15*30 



15*34 



14-81 



Great Britain - 



20,414,000 



23,960,000 



12-26 



14-19 



12-89 



Mangolds, although falling short by a ton per acre of the 

 remarkable yield of 1900, were still, so far as the country 



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