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The Grain Harvest. 



In the case of oats the fluctuations of the estimated average 

 yield per acre in the several divisions of England ranged 

 from 4575 bushels in the group of counties formed by 

 Norfolk, Lincoln, and the East Riding of Yorkshire, to only 

 35*25 bushels in the four south-western counties, which stand 

 lower than any other sub-division of the country as regards 

 the grain harvest of 1897. 



The estimates for each of the groups of English counties 

 above referred to stand as under : — 



Divisions of England. 



Estimated yield per acre in 1897. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



I. (a.) Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Bedford, Hunts, Cambridge, Suffolk, Essex, 

 Herts, Middlesex, London .... 

 (b.) North-Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Norfolk, Lincoln, York (East Riding) 

 II. (t.) South-Eastern Counties, viz. : — 



Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berks, Hants 

 (b.) East-Midland Counties, viz. : — 



Notts, Leicester, Rutland, Northampton. 

 Bucks, Oxford, Warwick .... 



III. {a.) West-Midland Counties, viz. : — 



Salop, Worcester, Gloucester, Wilts, Mon- 

 mouth, Hereford 



(b.) South-Wesiern Counties, viz. : — 



Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall - 



IV. {a.) Northern Counties, viz. : — 



Northumberland, Durham, York (North 

 Riding, York ( West Riding) .... 

 (b.) North-Western Counties, viz. : — 



Cumberland, Westmorland. Lancashire, 

 Cheshire, Derby, Stafford - - - 



BmJiels. 



28-23 

 31 "37 

 28-54 



27- 98 



28- 98 

 26*26 



20-63 



30-62 



Bushels. 



32*06 



33-S7 

 32*24 



30*64 



30*88 

 28*49 



35"72 



32*64 



Bus! 1 els. 



43-56_ 

 45*75 

 43 '44 



37 "44 - 



39"95 

 35' 2 5 



38'49 



