188 Variation in the Price and Supjily of Wheat. 
1,200,000 quarters, until tlie last four years, when they were 
suddenly increased, amounting, in 1867, to nearly 3,000,000 
quarters, — under the attraction of high prices. 
Agricultural Statistics foe the United Kingdom. 
England, AVales, 
and the Isles in the 
British Seas. 
Scotland. 
Ireland. 
21 ,G07,044 
3,136,057 
5,571,971 
37, 551, 507 
19,639,377 
20,322,641 
Total acreage under crops and 1 
25,569,337 
4,379,552 
15,542,208 
7,952,774 
1,364,029 
2,115,137 
2,851,502 
668,042 
1,432,2.52 
844,716 
83,091 
26,191 
Flax 
•• 
253,105 
Clover and grasses under rota- i 
2,809,881 
1,211,101 
1,658,451 
11,046,184 
1 ,053,985 
10,057,072 
12,046,510 
15,259,829 
4,780,433 
Total population 30,315,072 
Total area 77,513,585 
In Ireland the breadth under the potato has slightly de- 
creased in the last ten years ; it is still 1,000,000 acres, which 
supplies the reduced population with 4^ lbs. a day. In England 
and Scotland the supply is ^ lb. a day. 
In McCulloch's ' Statistical Account of the British Empire,' 
1846, he estimated the average yield of wheat per acre in Eng- 
land and Wales at 27J bushels, after deducting seed. In his 
' Commercial Dictionary,' 1853, these figures were reduced to 
26 bushels. Arthur Young's estimate in 1770 was 23 bushels. 
Mr. Caird has stated that the clays of the Wealds of Surrey, 
Sussex, and Kent have been over-cropped with wheat, and yield 
less than they did in 1770. The same remark probably applies 
to a good deal of the unimproved clay land. 
The population in Great Britain and Ireland, in 1821, was 
21,300,000. Mr. McCulloch's estimate of the annual consump- 
tion was — 
Number 
of Population. 
Description of Corn. 
Bushels 
per Head. 
Quarters. 
10,300,000 
Wheat. 
8 
10,300,000 
Barley used in malt and spirits. 
4,250,000 
5,000,000 
Oats. 
16 
10,000,000 
2,000,000 
Barley, rye, and pulse. 
10 
2,400,000 
4,000,000 
Potatoes. 
