568 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. 
influences the cropping, and accounts for the limited acreage 
under permanent grass, which the Agricultural Statistics show. 
Norfolk is only exceeded in area by three English counties, 
viz., Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Devonshire. The gross area 
is — land and water — 1,356,173 acres, of which 1,090,967 acres, 
or nearly 80 per cent, of the total area, are returned as being 
actually utilised for agricultural purposes. 
The Tables hereunder given show how this area was cropped 
in the years 1884 and 1885, and may be taken as a fair epitome 
of the annual croppage of the county. 
1884. 
1885. 
Total Area under Cultivation 
1,090,725 
1,090,967 
r AVlieat 
Corn Crops .. q^^^ ^ 
I Rye 
181,927 
193,166 
81 , 842 
5,508 
162,661 
208,475 
34,849 
6,533 
412,443 
412,518 
Turnips and Swedes 
Mangolds 
Green Crops . . \ Cabbage, Kape, &c. 
Rotation Grasses 
5,837 
136,316 
46,787 
497 
3,000 
13,247 
25,050 
163,012 
13,720 
5,984 
130,910 
51,055 
737 
3.486 
15,123 
25,734 
102,703 
10,977 
407,472 
406,709 
270,793 
271,717 
If we deduct the amount of permanent pasture from Ijhe total 
area under cultivation, we find that the remainder — the total 
area of arable land — is divided almost equally between corn and 
green crops, thus proving that the greater portion of the county 
is still under the four-course rotation. Wheat and barley 
together occupy 85 per cent, of the total area under corn crops ; 
whilst the acreage under oats is, as might be expected from the 
extreme dryness of the climate, very limited, not being more 
than 8 per cent, of that under corn crops. It will be seen that 
barley is grown to a greater extent than any other crop in the 
county. Norfolk has long been celebrated for the production of 
barley of an extra good quality, which is in great request for 
malting. Wheat of extra quality is also grown. 
