THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. VI. No. 4. MARCH, 1900. 



THE BRITISH CROPS OF 1899. 



In the December number of this Journal statements were 

 published showing the estimated yield per acre and total 

 produce of wheat, barley, and oats respectively, in Great 

 Britain as a whole and in its main agricultural divisions. 

 Further details now available for the other crops, in respect 

 of which annual estimates of produce are collected, enable the 

 following summaries of the general results of the year, and of 

 the extent by which they exceeded or fell short of the decennial 

 average, to be supplied in advance of the statistics which will 

 appear in the complete volume of Agricultural Returns. 



Crop. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Above 



or 

 Below 

 Average. 



Crop. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Above 



or 

 Below 

 Average. 



Wheat 

 Barley 

 Oats 



Bushels. 



3275 

 34-16 



38 77 



Bushels. 

 + 2-89 

 + 0*90 

 - 0-09 



Potatoes 

 Turnips - 

 Mangold 



Tons. 

 5-62 

 9-23 



17-48 



C.wts. 



Tons. 



-o-33 

 -4-20 

 — 0-09 

 t wis. 



Beans 

 Peas- 



30-09 

 27-23 



-h 3*06 

 + 1-19 



Hay fr. Clover, etc. 

 Hay fr. Prmt. Grass 

 Hops - 



27-48 

 22-95 

 12-76 



— 0*84 



- O'll 



+477 



Thi<= comparison shows that, relatively, by far the most 

 abundant crop of the year was that of hops, and coming 

 next in order were beans and wheat, while in peas, barley 



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